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周辺 (しゅうへん): circumference, peripheral — Japanese vocabulary

周辺 is read しゅうへん and means "circumference, peripheral". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

周辺

Reading
しゅうへん · shuuhen
Translation
circumference, peripheral
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しゅうへんが

Example

騒音は空港の周辺に住んでいる人々にとって最も深刻な問題である。

そうおんはくうこうのしゅうへんにすんでいるひとびとにとってもっともしんこくなもんだいである。

Noise is the most serious problem for those who live around the airports.

Kanji in this word

  • 周 — circumference
  • 辺 — Environs, Boundary, Border

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