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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

周辺

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shūhen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Periphery/pəˈrɪf.ɚ.i/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"都市の周辺には多くの住宅があります。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The outer limits or edge of an area or object.

    "The city’s periphery is home to many suburban neighborhoods."
  2. 2

    A marginal or secondary position in a particular context.

    "The artist felt that her work was often relegated to the periphery of the art world."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin peripheria, stemming from the Greek peripherēia meaning 'circumference' or 'revolving round', from peri- ('around') plus pherein ('to bear'). The term evolved historically to designate the outer limits or edge of an area, eventually expanding into figurative domains such as marginal importance or blurred boundaries.

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