周り

まわり

Surroundings; around

N4noun·mawari

How to remember it

Shares a root with 回る (to turn) — what surrounds you as you spin.

Example sentences

  • 庭の周りに木がたくさんあります。

    にわのまわりにきがたくさんあります。

    There are many trees around the garden.

  • 周りの人に聞いてみました。

    まわりのひとにきいてみました。

    I tried asking the people around me.

Usage

Common pattern is ~の周り (around ~); 周囲 is the formal version.

Related words

回る周囲近くまわり

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