辺り

Meaning

1. nn-sufadv
   (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; surroundings
2. n-sufnadv
   around; about; or thereabouts
3. n-sufnadv
   for instance; say; such as
4. n archaic
   neighbourhood; vicinity; nearby

Example sentences

• 商店街に入ると、陽菜はまるでおのぼりさんのようにキョロキョロ辺りを見回した。

  As we entered the shopping district Haruna's gaze darted about, just like she was a rustic from the hills, as she looked over the area.

• 予鈴だ。校門の辺りにいた生徒たちが一斉に足を速める。

  It's the class bell. The pupils that had been around the school gate quickened their steps as one.

• 花火の弾ける音が止むと、急に辺りが静かになる。後に残った火薬の匂いが、なんだか俺をセンチメンタルな気分にさせた。

  As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.