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Learn Hardcore Japanese: mawari - surroundings

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 12
/mawari

mawari

Word

周まわりmawari

Meaning

surroundings

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

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Hardcore Japanese

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Usages of mawari

ジェットコースター　が　怖こわければ、　池いけ　の　周まわり　を　散歩さんぽしたり　写真しゃしん　を　撮とったり　して　も　いい　です。jettokoosutaa ga kowakereba, ike no mawari o sanposhitari shashin o tottari shite mo ii desu.

If roller coasters are scary, you can just walk around the pond and take photos.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

周まわり　を　見みて　ください。mawari o mite kudasai.

Please look around.

駅前えきまえ　の　広場ひろば　の　噴水ふんすい　の　周まわり　に、　観光かんこう　で　来きた　人ひと　が　たくさん　集あつまって　いました。ekimae no hiroba no funsui no mawari ni, kankou de kita hito ga takusan atsumatte imashita.

Around the fountain in the plaza in front of the station, many people who had come for sightseeing had gathered.

秋あき　の　京都きょうと　は　観光客かんこうきゃく　が　多おおい　うえ　に、　駅えき　の　周まわり　も　かなり　混こみます。aki no kyouto wa kankoukyaku ga ooi ue ni, eki no mawari mo kanari komimasu.

Kyoto in autumn has many tourists, and on top of that, the area around the station gets very crowded.

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