海浜

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 海浜, read かいひん, and it combines 海, meaning sea, with 浜, meaning shore or beach.
• Basic usage: 海浜 is a relatively formal term for a seashore, beach, or coastal zone beside the sea.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A shore used for walking and a habitat where plants grow
  • Both examples use the form 海浜. It is a place for observing birds during a morning walk and a sandy habitat supporting a particular plant.
• Birdwatching in the morning and a plant on a sandy coast
  • 朝の海浜を歩きながら鳥を観察した。 — We observed birds while walking along the shore early in the morning.
  • この植物は砂の多い海浜に生えている。 — This plant grows on sandy coasts.