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境
boundary · border · environment · circumstances
N2On: きょう、けいKun: さかい
Memory Aid
The components show 土 (earth) with 京 (a tall building, like a capital). This tall building on the ground helps define a *boundary* or *realm*.
Vocabulary
国境こっきょうnational border
環境かんきょうenvironment
境界きょうかいboundary line
境目さかいめborder, dividing line
順境じゅんきょうfavorable circumstances
Example Sentences
ここは森と街の境目です。
This is the border between the forest and the town.
私たちは環境を守らなければなりません。
We must protect the environment.
国境を越えて旅行しました。
I traveled across the national border.
逆境にも負けずに頑張りました。
I did my best without being defeated by adversity.