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環視 (かんし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

環かん視し

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し

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

looking around; surveying one's surroundings

Formal, often used in written or news contexts for observing or scanning an area. The する form is transitive.

警けい察さつが現げん場ばを環かん視ししている。
The police are surveying the scene.
彼かれは部屋へやの中なかを環かん視しして

から

話はな

し

始はじ

め

た

。

He looked around the room before starting to speak.

Kanji

環ring, circle, loop
視inspection, regard as, see

Similar words

見み回まわす
見回す is a common, everyday verb for looking around, while 環視 is more formal and often used in written or official contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 環 (ring, surround) and 視 (see, look), literally 'to look around in a circle'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of surveying one's surroundings.