沿

Meaning

沿 centers on moving or extending along a line or edge: running alongside, following along, or lying along something.

• 沿うそう
  N2

  to run along; to run beside; to stick to (a line)

• 沿いぞい
  N2

  along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)

• 沿岸えんがん
  N1

  coast; shore

• 沿線えんせん
  N1

  places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

• 海沿いうみぞい

  seaside; seashore; coast; coastland

• 沿道えんどう

  roadside; wayside; route

• 沿革えんかく

  history; development

• 沿海えんかい

  sea along the coast; coastal waters; inshore waters

• 沿ってそって

  along; by; parallel to

• 川沿いかわぞい
  N2

  along the river; riverside

• 沿海州えんかいしゅう

  Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)

• 道沿いみちぞい
  N2

  along the road; at the side of the road

• に沿ってにそって

  along; parallel to; in accordance with

• 北岸沿いにほくがんぞいに

  along the north coast; along the northern sea shore

• 南岸沿いなんがんぞい

  along the southern coast

• 南岸沿いになんがんぞいに

  along the southern coast; along the southern seashore

• 壁沿いかべぞい

  along the wall

• 太平洋沿岸たいへいようえんがん

  Pacific coast

• 山沿いやまぞい

  (running) along a mountain; along (a chain of) mountains

• 意に沿ういにそう

  to meet (someone's) wishes; to meet (someone's) demands

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