How to say "skyline" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounCovers the familiar sense: the profile of buildings or mountains against the sky. The straightforward choice for a city skyline — a photo of the Manhattan skyline, for instance — and the word you will usually want.
- 天涯てんがいnounIts 'skyline' sense is the distant line where the sky meets the land or sea; the word really means 'horizon' or 'distant land', and is seldom what you want for a city's skyline.
Use 「スカイライン」 for the outline of buildings or mountains against the sky, as in a city skyline; 天涯, a less common word, really means the distant horizon or far-off land and is only a marginal match for 'skyline'.
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