別世界(べっせかい)

べっせかい
noun
another world; a different world
abstract
1. another world; a place utterly unlike this one
A place or social sphere so different from one's own that it feels like a separate world. Usually figurative — a quiet mountain village, a luxury hotel, or the life of the very rich — rather than a literal other planet.
ここは別世界(べっせかい)だ。
This is another world.
都会(とかい)の喧騒(けんそう)とは別世界(べっせかい)の静(しず)けさだった。
It was a stillness that belonged to a different world from the noise of the city.
扉(とびら)を開(あ)けると、緑(みどり)に囲(かこ)まれた別世界(べっせかい)が広(ひろ)がっていた。
When I opened the door, another world surrounded by greenery spread out before me.

Formed from 別(べつ) (separate, another) plus 世界(せかい) (world), with the doubling of つ+せ producing べっせかい.

Common collocations

  • まるで別世界(べっせかい): just like another world
  • 別世界(べっせかい)のよう: as if from a different world
  • 別世界(べっせかい)に来(き)たみたい: it feels like I've come to another world
  • 別世界(べっせかい)の住人(じゅうにん): someone who lives in a different world from us

Similar words

Related Words

Related: 世界(せかい)
Related: 異世界(いせかい)
Compare: 別天地(べってんち) (a paradise apart)
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Added 2026.8.3 9:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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