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境遇 (きょうぐう) — environment | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

境遇

きょうぐう

noun

Meanings

1environment
2circumstances
3one's circumstances
4situation (in life)

Example sentence

私は自分の置かれた境遇に満足している。

I am content with my circumstances.

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Kanji in this word

境Boundary, Border, Region14 strokes 遇Meet, Encounter, Interview12 strokes

More words with 境

環境かんきょう · environmentN3 国境こっきょう · national or state borderN3 境さかい · borderN3 越境えっきょう · crossing a border (illegally)環境庁かんきょうちょう · Environment Agency

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逆境

ぎゃっきょう · adverse circumstances

境内けいだい · grounds (esp. of shrines and temples)

境界きょうかい · boundaryN2

More words with 遇

待遇たいぐう · treatmentN1 処遇しょぐう · treatment (of a person)優遇ゆうぐう · favorable treatment 最優遇さいゆうぐう · most favourable treatment

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