周り

Meaning

1. n
   circumference; girth
2. n
   surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
3. n
   people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

Example sentences

• その間ずっと、じいさんの言ったことが、メロンの周りを飛び回る蠅の羽音のように、頭の中でぶんぶんと鳴っていました。

  All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.

• なるべく姉ちゃんにも周りにも迷惑をかけずに、事態の早期解決をなんとか頼むぞ。

  I want you to somehow resolve the situation as soon as possible, causing the least amount of trouble for my sister and those around us.

• 惑星は恒星の周りを回る。

  Planets move around a fixed star.