JLPT N3 · Noun

環境 (kankyou)

環境 (かんきょう, kankyou) is a Japanese noun meaning “environment; surroundings”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かんきょう
Romaji: kankyou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

environment; surroundings; circumstances · noun

Example sentences

私たちが環境面の問題を耳にしないで過ぎる日は１日とてない。

Not a day goes by without our hearing of an environmental problem.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 環境

環

ring, circle, loopカン・わ · 17 strokes

境

boundary, border, regionキョウ・ケイ・さかい · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 環境.

循環じゅんかんcirculation境さかいborder国境こっきょうborder (between countries)境界きょうかいboundary境遇きょうぐうone's circumstances

Source: JMdict entry 1213280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.