How to say "surrounding" in Japanese
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- 包囲ほういnoun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers surrounding as encirclement or siege: a force closing in on a castle, town, or enemy position. It names the act of enveloping a target, not the adjective describing your surroundings.
- adverbA mimetic adverb describing encirclement as motion or shape: people or things forming a ring around something. It conveys the circular manner of surrounding rather than naming the act or state.
Use 包囲 for surrounding as encirclement or siege, the act of closing in on a target; use 「ぐるっと」 for the mimetic sense of encircling, people or things forming a ring around something.
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