辺あたり
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
1. (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; surroundings
Slowly, darkness returns to the surroundings.
2. around; about; or thereabouts
On the table lies a thick book, face down, read to about the halfway point.
3. for instance; say; such as
For a present, I think something like flowers would be nice.
Kanji used
local area
Pitch accent
あ
たり
Top 1900
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
this area; around here
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
Examples (29 in total)
There was no one about.
He looked about.
He looks around.