noun:

• three countries
• Japan, China & India; Japan, Korea & China; all the world
• Three Kingdoms (in China, 220-280) ➜ 魏【ぎ】・蜀【しょく】・呉【ご】
• Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE - 668 CE) ➜ 新羅【しらぎ】・百済【くだら】・高句麗【こうくり】

expression:

• intolerable; unbearable; unendurable - emphatic form of 堪らない ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】
• tremendous; out of this world; irresistible ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】
• cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】

noun:

• the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
• surroundings ［しほう・よほう］
• many countries; the whole world ［しほう］
• all around; here and there ［よも］
• square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure ［しほう・よほう］
• four sides (of a square)

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to flee; to take flight
• to be ruined; to go down in the world
• to settle down (e.g. in one location)

expression / adjective:

• intolerable; unbearable; unendurable
• irresistible; tremendous; out of this world
• cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do - after te-form of verbs and adj.

expression:

• intolerable; unbearable; unendurable ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】
• irresistible; tremendous; out of this world ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】
• cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do - after 〜て／〜で form ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】

adverbial noun:

• in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio

conjunction:

• after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") - used when bringing up something already mentioned

noun / ~の noun:

• beginning; start

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
• to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
• to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch) - Baseball term

adjectival noun:

• worldwide; global; international; universal
• world-famous; world-class

noun:

• three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; 3-D

noun / ~の noun:

• real world; IRL (in real life) - as opposed to the two dimensions of anime and manga - slang - humorous term

noun / ~する noun:

• founding a country
• opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world ➜ 鎖国

noun / ~の noun:

• web
• World Wide Web; WWW; Web - IT term ➜ ワールドワイドウェブ

adjectival noun:

• real; realistic; true to life

noun:

• realtime blog - abbreviation
• real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
• rial (currency)

noun:

• leaving the nest
• going out into the world; becoming independent

noun / ~する noun:

• swimming; bathing
• getting on in the world ➜ 遊泳術

~の noun / noun:

• cased; boxed
• precious; cherished

noun:

• girl who has been sheltered from the world - abbreviation ➜ 箱入り娘
• one's special talent ➜ おはこ

noun:

• bodhi; enlightenment - Buddhism term
• happiness in the next world - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to get up (e.g. from bed)
• to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

ichidan verb:

• to become famous
• to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear; to be published

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

ichidan verb:

• to have become worn
• to be used to the ways of the world

noun:

• blue sky
• erudition; detachment from the world; high rank

adverb:

• earnestly; intently; determinedly; by all means - archaism
• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - archaism ➜ 一体全体【いったいぜんたい】

noun / ~の noun:

• outside (e.g. of a building); exterior
• outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world