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境界 (きょうかい, kyoukai) Japanese meaning: boundary | Kotomora
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きょう
界かい
に
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て
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This river forms the prefectural boundary.
The boundary between reality and fantasy becomes blurred.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 と 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 境きょう 界かい the boundary between A and B
This river forms the boundary between the two prefectures.
境きょう 界かい を 引ひ く to draw a boundary line
We divided the land by drawing a boundary line on the map.
境きょう 界かい を 越こ える to cross a boundary
The animal crossed the boundary into the neighboring territory.
境きょう 界かい が 曖あい 昧まい だ the boundary is vague/unclear
The boundary between reality and fiction has become blurred.
境界きょうかい を 接せっ する to share a border (with)
The two villages share a border.
Kanji 境 boundary, border, region Related words· 6 境 usually describes a concrete boundary between physical places, while 境界 covers both physical and abstract dividing lines.
国境 specifically means the border between countries, whereas 境界 is a general term for any kind of boundary.
境界 is the everyday word for a boundary or dividing line, while standalone 界 with this meaning is rare and mostly seen in old or literary usage.
境界 is the standard, precise Japanese word for a boundary or dividing line, while ボーダー is the katakana loanword with a more casual or design-related feel.
Show 2 more 境界 is a more formal or technical term for a boundary (used in law, geography, or science), while 境目 is the everyday word for the point where two things meet or change.
境界 refers to a border or boundary in a broad physical or abstract sense, while 臨界 specifically denotes a critical threshold where behavior changes.
Don't confuse with 限界 means a limit or maximum extent (e.g. of ability or endurance), while 境界 is a dividing line between two separate areas or categories.
境界 shares the kanji 境 with 境地 but means a physical or conceptual boundary line, not a state of mind or field of mastery.
Word family· 26 boundary layer
boundary marker; landmark
boundary line; border line
lack of boundary; borderless; confluence
Written forms 境きょう 界かい Usage 100%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
疆きょう 界かい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 境 (boundary) and 界 (world, boundary). The kanji combination has been used to express the concept of a dividing line or limit.
weakened boundary; dissolved boundary; perforated boundary
Show 5 more bounding theory
borderline intellectual functioning
fringe science
boundary representation; B-rep
boundary adjustment; alignment
