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JLPT N1 · Noun

沿岸 (engan)

沿岸 (えんがん, engan) is a Japanese noun meaning “coast; shore”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
えんがん
Romaji
engan
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. coast; shore · noun
  2. coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area · noun

Example sentences

トロール漁船は沿岸の魚をとりつくしました。
Fishing trawlers have fished out all the local waters.
Tatoeba #199625

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

Kanji in 沿岸

沿
run alongside, follow along, run alongエン・そ.う・-ぞ.い · 8 strokes
岸
beachガン・きし · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 沿岸.

沿うそうto run along沿線えんせんplaces alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.海岸かいがんseashore岸きしbank

Source: JMdict entry 1176740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.