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沿岸 (えんがん): coast, shore — Japanese vocabulary

沿岸 is read えんがん and means "coast, shore". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

沿岸

Reading
えんがん · engan
Translation
coast, shore
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
えんがんが

Example

トロール漁船は沿岸の魚をとりつくしました。

トロールぎょせんはえんがんのさかなをとりつくしました。

Fishing trawlers have fished out all the local waters.

Kanji in this word

  • 沿 — along
  • 岸 — shore, bank

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