世間
せけん · seken · JLPT N3 · noun
universe
🌍👥 世間 = world + between: the space between people, i.e. society
世 means world or generation, and 間 means the gap between things, as in 人間 (human). 世間 is the world of people around you. It is used in phrases like 世間体, meaning how society sees you, so it often carries a sense of what people will think.