Translation guide
The outer edge or boundary of an area, or a less important part of a subject or activity.
Referring to the physical boundary or surrounding region of a place.
General term for the area around something, including outskirts or vicinity.
Describing something that is not central to a topic or activity.
Adjectival phrase meaning 'peripheral' or 'marginal', used for topics or issues.
Referring to people or things that are not part of the mainstream.
Used for people who are on the periphery of a group or community.
都市の周辺には農地が広がっている。
Farmland spreads around the periphery of the city.
Often used in more formal or technical contexts for the outer edge or fringe.
Rare plants grow on the periphery of the forest.
Outer edge or rim, often used for physical objects or celestial bodies.
There are many old stars on the periphery of the galaxy.
That issue was treated as peripheral at the meeting.
Means 'trivial' or 'minor', often used for details that are not essential.
You're too fixated on peripheral matters.
Literally 'off the main track', used for topics that are not central.
His opinion is peripheral to the main point.
He always stays on the periphery of the group and never joins the core.
Means 'side stream' or 'fringe', often used for people or ideas outside the mainstream.
He is on the periphery of the academic world.