辺境・辺疆|へんきょうhenkyou[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
辺境辺境 is the more common form and the one beginners should normally use. It is written with kanji only.
辺疆辺疆 is a rarely used kanji-only variant of 辺境; learners will seldom need to write it, but may encounter it.
Definitions
  1. no-adjectiveremote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
    多おおくの家族かぞくが新生活しんせいかつを築きずくために辺境へんきょう地方ちほうに移住いじゅうした。↗
    Many families left to make a new life on the frontier.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 中央ちゅうおうから遠とおく離はなれた土地とち。辺疆へんきょう。
  2. 国境こっきょう。
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