環境|かんきょうkankyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounenvironment; surroundings; circumstances
   私わたしたちが環境かんきょう面めんの問題もんだいを耳みみにしないで過すぎる日ひは１日にちとてない。↗

   Not a day goes by without our hearing of an environmental problem.

• Synonym周囲しゅういNeutralThe area around something or the people nearby, as in 「周囲の目」; the emphasis is on one's immediate surroundings.
• Synonym周囲の状況NeutralAn explanatory phrase, not a set word, for the situation around you; compared with 「環境」 it highlights the concrete state of things at hand.
• Related状況じょうきょうNeutralCovers situations that change with time and place, from society and politics down to one's own position; 「環境」 stresses the external conditions surrounding you.
• Related背景はいけいNeutralA picture's backdrop or an event's background and context, as in 「事件の背景」; 「環境」 refers to the external conditions around you.
• Related事情じじょうNeutralCircumstances together with the reasons behind them, as in 「家庭の事情」; frequent in colloquial speech. 「環境」 has no sense of cause.

Use 「環境」 by default for the surrounding environment. Pick 「状況」 for a concrete state of affairs, 「背景」 for background or causes, 「事情」 for circumstances and their reasons, and 「周囲」 for what is around you.

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1. 人間にんげんや生物せいぶつの周囲しゅういを取り巻とりまいて相互作用そうごさようを及およぼす、外界がいかいの状況じょうきょうや世界せかい。
2. あるアプリケーション・ソフトウェアを動作どうささせる時ときの、前提ぜんていとなる各種かくしゅハードウェアやオペレーティング･システムといったソフトウェアの構成こうせい状況じょうきょう。