辺境・辺疆|へんきょうhenkyou[0]heiban (flat)
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- no-adjectiveremote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
- RelatedフロンティアNeutralLoanword for the frontier of America's westward expansion, also figuratively the cutting edge of a field; carries a positive sense of pioneering and the unknown.
- Related辺塞へんさいWrittenRefers to a border fort or frontier land far from the capital; written register with a classical, literary flavor, stressing a garrisoned frontier.
- Related辺隅WrittenA remote corner or out-of-the-way place; highly literary and rarely used, stressing remoteness as a corner rather than a national border.
- Antonym中心ちゅうしんNeutralAntonym: the center or core part of something; the opposite of 「辺境」, which lies far from the center.
- Antonym中央ちゅうおうNeutralAntonym: the center, capital, or seat of government; the opposite of 「辺境」, which lies far from the capital.
Use 「辺境」 for a remote region or borderland far from the center, as in 「辺境の地」. For a classical, garrisoned frontier use 「辺塞」; for the American frontier or a field's cutting edge, 「フロンティア」; for a literary remote corner, 「辺隅」. Antonyms: 「中心」, 「中央」.
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