Illustration: Between two neighboring Japanese houses, a straight row of low stone markers divides a carefully raked gravel garden from a vegetable patch. Each resident kneels on their own side tending the ground, with one holding a small rake and the other gathering beans.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

境きょう界かい

kyoukai

boundary, border

Example sentences

  1. 自然しぜんに境界きょうかいはありません。

    Nature knows no boundaries.

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  2. この川かわが二ふたつの県けんの境界きょうかいになっている。

    This river forms the boundary between the two prefectures.

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  3. 彼かれらは境界きょうかいを越こえてスペインに入はいった。

    They crossed the border into Spain.

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Kanji in 境界

  • 境boundary; borderOnキョウ・ケイKunさかい
  • 界world; boundaryOnカイ

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