近きん傍ぼう

noun

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.

• 駅えきの近きん傍ぼうに新あたらしいカフェができた。

  A new café has opened in the vicinity of the station.

• この近きん傍ぼうには公こう園えんが少すくない。

  There are few parks in this neighborhood.

noun

neighborhood (mathematics)

Mathematical term for a set of points surrounding a given point. Used in topology and analysis.

• 点てんの近きん傍ぼうをεで定てい義ぎする。

  Define the neighborhood of a point by ε.