► 名詞
辺 [へん] [あの辺] meaning: area rank: 1
☆ あの辺は高級住宅街だ ⇨ That area is a high-end residential area
辺 [へん] [其の辺] meaning: area rank: 1
☆ ちょっとその辺を散歩してくる ⇨ I will go take a walk around (☛ “その辺” literally means “around there”, even though it does not refer to any specific location)
辺 [へん] [此の辺] meaning: area rank: 1
☆ この辺には店は殆ど無い ⇨ There are few stores around here
辺 [へん] [あの辺] [coll] meaning: level rank: 1
☆ 彼の能力ではあの辺が限界だろう ⇨ With his ability that is probably the limit, the best he can do
辺 [へん] [其の辺] [coll] meaning: level rank: 1
☆ その辺でもう勘弁してあげたら？ ⇨ Why don’t you forgive him for that much (of punishment)
辺 [へん] [此の辺] [coll] meaning: level rank: 1
☆ 今日はもうこの辺で終わりにしよう ⇨ Let’s stop the work at this level for today. This much is enough for today
More examples:
- この辺は田んぼばかりだ ⇨ It’s all rice fields around here
- この辺は数億円の家がざらだ ⇨ Many houses in this area cost a couple hundred million yens
- この辺りには店は殆ど無い ⇨ There are few stores around here
- 僕は昔はビール一辺倒だったが最近はワインも飲む ⇨ I used to drink beer only, but nowadays drink wine too
- 浜辺にある家 ⇨ A house on a beach
- 最近この辺には新しいビルがどんどん建っている ⇨ Recently many buildings have been built in this area
- 戦場の浜辺は夥しい数の死体が有った ⇨ There were numerous corpses on the battleground beach
- 彼は建物の天辺までよじ登った ⇨ He scaled to the top of the building
- この辺では俄か雨が多い ⇨ There are many rains that start suddenly and end quickly in this area
- この近辺にはホテルは無い ⇨ There is no hotel in the vicinity, neighborhood
- 私が子供の頃この辺は全部空き地だった ⇨ This area used to be all empty lots when I was a kid
- この辺は以前は原っぱだった ⇨ This area was open fields before
- この辺りはりんごの産地だ ⇨ This is an apple producing area
- 爆発で周辺は大混乱に陥った ⇨ The area descended into chaos by the explosion
- 駅の周辺には雑居ビルが乱立している ⇨ There are numerous commercial buildings around the station (built without a proper city planning)