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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

環境

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kankyō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Environment/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"地球の環境を守ることが大切です。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

    "We must work to protect the natural environment from pollution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'environer', meaning 'to surround', which comes from 'environ' ('around'). It entered the English language in the 19th century, initially denoting the act of surrounding, and evolved to describe the physical and social surroundings in which people, animals, or plants live and operate.

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