(n) the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen, Syn. the ways of the world, Example:the ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world; she was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil; he was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world
[しんさんかんく, shinsankanku] (n) hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world