境 – Vocabulary details

境きょう

Meanings

Noun

1. border; boundary

usu. さかい

けれど、実じっ際さいに国くにの境さかいを見みるのは初はじめてだ。But it is the first time I have actually seen a national border.

2. turning point; watershed

often ...を～に

when read as "さかい"

その日ひを境さかいに、みんな変かわってしまいました。From that day on, everyone changed.

3. area; region; spot; space; environment

usu. きょう

4. psychological state; mental state

usu. きょう

5. cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind

when read as "きょう"

Alt. forms

Kanji used

境

border

Pitch accent

きょ

う

Used in: 2064

Used in vocabulary (40 in total)

環かん境きょう

environment; surroundings; circumstances

辺へん境きょう

remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier

心しん境きょう

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

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Examples (11 in total)

夢ゆめと現げん実じつの境さかいなんて、存そん在ざいしないのよ。

There is no such thing as a boundary between dreams and reality.

男だん子しと女じょ子しの境さかいがはっきりしていた。

The boundary between boys and girls was clear.

その国くには２国くにと境さかいを接せっしている。

The country borders on two other countries.