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JLPT N3 · Noun

境 (sakai)

境 (さかい, sakai) is a Japanese noun meaning “border; boundary”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
さかい
Romaji
sakai
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. border; boundary · noun · usu. さかい
  2. turning point; watershed · noun · often ...を～に
  3. area; region; spot; space; environment · noun · usu. きょう
  4. psychological state; mental state · noun · usu. きょう

Example sentences

彼は生死の境をさ迷った。
He hovered between life and death.
Tatoeba #103205

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

Kanji in 境

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 境.

環境かんきょうenvironment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 1235950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.