Illustration: Along a quiet Japanese coastal town, a broad strip of damp sand curves between the open sea and a low seawall. Small waves wash around dark shoreline rocks, leaving foam at the boundary between water and land.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

海かい岸がん

kaigan

coast, seashore

Example sentences

このバスは、海岸かいがんに行いきますか。
Does this bus go to the beach?
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彼かれは海岸かいがん沿ぞいに歩あるいた。
He walked along the shore.
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別荘べっそうは海岸かいがんにある。
His cottage is on the coast.
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Kanji in 海岸

海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ
岸beachOnガンKunきし

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