辺へん境きょう

へ

ん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

remote region; frontier; border district

Refers to a far-off, sparsely populated area, often near a national border or at the edge of settled territory. Can be used concretely or abstractly.

彼かれは辺へん境きょうの地ちで新

あたら

しい

生せい

活かつ

を

始はじ

め

た

。

He started a new life in a remote frontier region.

その町まちは国くにの辺へん境きょうに位い置ちしている。

The town is located on the border of the country.

Usage patterns

辺へん境きょうを守まもるto defend a frontier region
兵へい士したちは長なが年ねん、国くにの辺へん境きょうを守まもってきた。
The soldiers had defended the country's frontier for many years.
辺へん境きょうの地ちa remote frontier land
彼かれは辺へん境きょうの地ちで新あたらしい生せい活かつを始はじめた。
He started a new life in a remote frontier land.

Kanji

辺environs, boundary, border
境boundary, border, region
疆boundary

Related words

僻へき地ち
僻地 emphasizes an isolated, inconvenient place, while 辺境 suggests a remote frontier region with a more historical or romantic connotation.
秘ひ境きょう
辺境 emphasizes a remote frontier or borderland far from civilization, while 秘境 stresses the mysterious, unexplored quality of a hidden place.
フロンティア
辺境 is a neutral term for a remote border region, whereas フロンティア carries the specific historical image of the American frontier and its spirit of expansion.
辺へん地ち
辺地 describes any remote locale, whereas 辺境 specifically evokes a frontier or border region far from the center of a country.

Opposites

中ちゅう央おうN3
中央 refers to the central, core area of a country or region, the opposite of the outlying, distant 辺境.
中ちゅう原げん
辺境 refers to remote frontier or border regions, the opposite of 中原's central heartland.

Don't confuse with

国こっ境きょうN3
国境 is the actual border line between countries, while 辺境 is the sparsely populated outlying area near or beyond settled territory.

Word family

辺へん境きょう伯はく
margrave; marquis

Written forms

辺へん境きょうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and common usage.
辺へん疆きょうUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 疆 is an uncommon character for 'border'.

Etymology

Compound of 辺 (hen, 'vicinity, border') and 境 (kyō, 'boundary, border'). The spelling 辺疆 uses the character 疆 (kyō, 'boundary'), which is a less common variant.