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► 副詞
ぐるり  [(2)ぐるり]    meaning:  surround  rank: 2
☆ 彼等にぐるりとまれた ⇨ They were completely surrounded by the enemy

► 動詞
囲む  [かこむ]    meaning:  surround  rank: 1
☆ そのコンクリートに囲まれている ⇨ The house is surrounded by concrete fences
☆ くして失ったが、人達に囲まれて育った ⇨ He lost his parents when very young, but grew up surrounded by good people
☆ 彼等に囲まれた ⇨ They were surrounded by the enemy

包む  [(2)つつむ]  [liter]    meaning:  surround  rank: 1
☆ 球場ファン熱狂に包まれた ⇨ The stadium was enveloped by the euphoria of the fans

囲う  [かこう]    meaning:  surround  rank: 2
☆ 彼等囲んだ ⇨ They surrounded their enemy  (☛ Usually interchangeable with 囲む)

取り巻く  [(3)とりまく]    meaning:  surround  rank: 3
☆ 日本を取り巻く国際環境わりけている ⇨ The international environment surrounding Japan keeps changing  (☛ Usually used figuratively)

包囲  [(1)ほうい]  [包囲する]    meaning:  surround  rank: 3
☆ 彼等を包囲した ⇨ They surrounded the enemy  (☛ Typically about military or police actions)

取り囲む  [(4)とりかこむ]    meaning:  surround  rank: 4
☆ 彼等に取り囲まれた ⇨ They got surrounded by the enemy

巡らす  [めぐらす]    meaning:  surround  rank: 4
☆ 建物周りには鉄条網が巡らされている ⇨ Barbed wires are set up around the building

► 名詞
周り  [まわり]    meaning:  surround  rank: 1
☆ 周りを見回したがもいなかった ⇨ I looked around but there was nobody

周囲  [(1)しゅうい]    meaning:  surround  rank: 2
☆ 周囲を見回したがもいなかった ⇨ I looked around my surroundings, but there was nobody

周辺  [しゅうへん]  [liter]    meaning:  surround  rank: 2
☆ の周辺は商店街だ ⇨ The area around the station is a shopping area
☆ コンピューターの周辺機器 ⇨ Computer peripheral equipment  (☛ Not interchangeable with 周囲 in this sense)

四方  [(1)しほう]    meaning:  surround  rank: 3
☆ 四方をまれた ⇨ The enemy surrounded us in the all four sides, all around

包囲  [(1)ほうい]    meaning:  surround  rank: 3
☆ 警察は包囲網をいた ⇨ Police laid a surrounding net (to capture a criminal)  (☛ Typically about military or police actions)

遠巻き  [とおまき]  [遠巻きにする]    meaning:  surround  rank: 4
☆ 野次馬現場を遠巻きにしている ⇨ Rubbernecks are surrounding the scene at a distance  (☛ Surround while keeping a distance)