N2361/1725

境きょう界かい

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)

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きょうかい

Meanings

boundary, border, limit, bounds, frontier

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Example sentences

ここが二ふたつの国くにの境界きょうかいです。

This is the boundary between the two countries.

その川かわが県けんと県けんの境界きょうかいになっている。

That river forms the boundary between the prefectures.

現実げんじつと夢ゆめの境界きょうかいが曖昧あいまいになってきた。

The boundary between reality and dreams has become vague.

この塀へいが隣となりの家いえとの境界きょうかいを示しめしている。

This wall marks the boundary with the neighboring house.

科学かがくと哲学てつがくの境界きょうかいを明確めいかくに定さだめることは非常ひじょうに難むずかしいとされている。

It is said to be extremely difficult to clearly define the boundary between science and philosophy.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)