92978
It seems that 世論 can be pronounced as both よろん and せろん. Are the meanings
identical? Is one pronunciation more common than the other?
CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-01-15T17:32:52.080
92975
2022-01-18T20:29:10.403
2022-01-18T20:29:10.403
5229
7944
question
pronunciation readings multiple-readings
Pronunciation of 世論
Practically, Eddie Kal's comment is right: you can use both (no change for
nuance) and [よろん is more common (see 5.
言葉の発音)](https://www.bunka.go.jp/tokei_hakusho_shuppan/tokeichosa/kokugo_yoronchosa/h15/).

Historically, 世論 was せろん and 輿論 was よろん. Since 輿 was not included in 当用漢字
(1946), 世論 came to be used for both readings (cf. [Wikipedia article for
輿論](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BC%BF%E8%AB%96#%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%AE%E3%80%8C%E4%B8%96%E8%AB%96%E3%80%8D%E3%81%A8%E3%80%8C%E8%BC%BF%E8%AB%96%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AE%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%A5)).
The linked article says 世論/輿論 meant different things up to Taisho era, but the
difference is lost now.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-01-15T21:57:16.573
92978
2022-01-15T21:57:16.573
45489
92975
answer