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僻境 (へききょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

僻へき境きょう

Meanings

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noun

remote countryside; deep rural area

Literary term for a far-off, secluded rural place, often with a nuance of being cut off from civilization.

彼かれは都と会かいを離はなれ、僻境へききょで静うでしずかな生せい活かつを送おくっている。
He left the city and leads a quiet life in a remote rural area.

Kanji

僻prejudice, bias, rural area
境boundary, border, region

Similar words

田舎いなか
田舎 is the common word for countryside or rural areas. 僻境 is more literary and emphasizes extreme remoteness and seclusion.
辺へん境きょう
辺境 refers to a frontier or remote border region, often with a geopolitical nuance. 僻境 focuses on the isolation and inaccessibility of a place rather than its border status.

Etymology

Compound of 僻 (へき, 'remote, secluded') and 境 (きょう, 'boundary, region'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination conveys a sense of a far-off, isolated area.