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境遇 (きょうぐう): environment, circumstances — Japanese vocabulary

境遇 is read きょうぐう and means "environment, circumstances". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

境遇

Reading
きょうぐう · kyouguu
Translation
environment, circumstances
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
きょうぐうが

Example

彼女は貧しい境遇で暮らしている。

かのじょはまずしいきょうぐうでくらしている。

She lives in poor circumstances.

Kanji in this word

  • 境 — boundary, border
  • 遇 — meet, treat

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