<entry id="2073951" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2118510</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>世が世なら</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>よがよなら</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<gloss>if times were better</gloss>
<gloss>if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time</gloss>
<gloss>if times had not changed</gloss>
<gloss>if I had my due</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2006-12-21 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-12-15 08:53:54" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"if the world were just"? "if things were fair?" "if things 
were as they should?"</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijr: "その人にとって都合のよい世の中なら。 「 －こんな苦労をかけ
ないものを」"
斎藤和英大辞典</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;if I had my due&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -13 +13,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;if times had not changed&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-12-19 03:13:20" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-07-01 17:47:06" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>"彼女の家って元華族なんだってさ。世が世なら、彼女は「お嬢様」だよ。"</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>大辞泉 世が世ならば

三省堂慣用句辞典
現在が自分にとって昔と同様にいい時代だったらの意で、今の恵まれない境遇を嘆いて言う言葉。「世が世ならば、こんな貧乏暮しとは縁がなかったのに」</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12,3 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;if times were better&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;if one had been born at the right time (an earlier time)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;if times had not changed&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -13 +15,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;if times were better&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-07-01 17:57:51" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;if one had been born at the right time (an earlier time)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-07-01 22:09:07" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>