Illustration: In a Japanese neighborhood park, a large old tree anchors a small cluster of everyday activity. A parent stands beside its trunk watching a child search for a dropped toy nearby. Another child checks the bench just behind the tree, while a friend looks along the low planting border beside it.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

辺あたり

atari

vicinity, surroundings

Example sentences

  1. 辺あたりはしんとしていた。

    It was quiet all around.

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  2. 彼かれは辺あたりを見回みまわした。

    He looked about.

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  3. あたりに誰だれもいない。

    There is nobody about.

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Kanji in 辺

  • 辺environs; boundaryOnヘンKunあたり・ほとり

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