境

Meaning

境 centers on a dividing line or edge that separates areas: a boundary, border, or the region on one side of that line.

• 環境かんきょう
  N3

  environment; surroundings; circumstances

• 国境こっきょう
  N3

  border (between countries); national border

• 境界きょうかい
  N2

  boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

• 境さかい
  N3

  border; boundary

• 心境しんきょう
  N1

  state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

• 境内けいだい
  N1

  grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

• 境遇きょうぐう
  N1

  one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

• 環境省かんきょうしょう

  Ministry of the Environment

• 境地きょうち

  state (of mind); mental state; emotional condition

• 秘境ひきょう

  unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track

• 境目さかいめ

  borderline; boundary

• 辺境へんきょう

  remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier

• 苦境くきょう

  difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

• 逆境ぎゃっきょう
  N1

  adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity

• 魔境まきょう

  demon-infested place

• 県境けんざかい

  prefectural border; prefectural boundary

• 越境えっきょう

  crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression

• 見境みさかい

  distinction; discrimination

• 住環境じゅうかんきょう

  living environment; habitat

• 佳境かきょう

  most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part

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