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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

境さかい目め

sakaime

boundary, dividing line

Example sentences

  1. 人ひとの住すむ場所ばしょと、そうでない場所ばしょとの境目さかいめを越こえたような、そんな気きがした。

    It felt like we were crossing the border between where people live and where they don’t.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 敷居しきいは部屋へやと廊下ろうかの境目さかいめになっている部分ぶぶんにある。

    These shikii rails are found on the borders of rooms and corridors.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、西山山系にしやまさんけいの湧水ゆうすいを利用りようしてサントリーが大山崎町おおやまざきまちとの境目さかいめ近ちかくに京都きょうとビール工場こうじょうを設置せっち、主おもに西日本地区向にしにほんちくむけの製品せいひんの生産せいさんを行おこなっている。

    Suntory also built Kyoto Brewery in the city near the border with Oyamazaki-cho, and, using the water from springs flowing from the Nishiyama Mountain Range, Kyoto Brewery produces products mainly for western Japan.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 境目

  • 境boundary; borderOnキョウ・ケイKunさかい
  • 目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-

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