neighborhood; vicinity; surrounding area
General term for the area near a particular place. Slightly formal; in casual speech 近所 or 周辺 are more common.
A new café has opened in the vicinity of the station.
There are few parks in this neighborhood.
Mathematical term for a set of points surrounding a given point. Used in topology and analysis.
Define the neighborhood of a point by ε.
Compound of 近 (close, near) and 傍 (side, vicinity). The reading きんぼう is the on'yomi for both characters.