Illustration: In a small Japanese courtyard, a frog sits on the edge of a shallow garden pond. The surrounding habitat is clearly visible: damp moss, broad leaves providing shade, stones with sheltered gaps, insects above the water, and a sunlit patch at the pond's far end.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

環かん境きょう

kankyou

environment, surroundings

Example sentences

環境かんきょうを汚染おせんする工場こうじょうもある。
Some factories pollute the environment.
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彼かれは環境かんきょうに順応じゅんのうした。
He adapted himself to circumstances.
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我々われわれは環境かんきょうに影響えいきょうされる。
We are influenced by our environment.
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Kanji in 環境

環ring; circleOnカンKunわ
境boundary; borderOnキョウ・ケイKunさかい

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