WORD DETAIL
光景
こうけい
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
光景, readこうけい, denotes a whole scene or sight spread before an observer in a particular place. - Basic usage: It describes the visible sight of a sunset harbor and a scene of children seen through a window.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- A whole visible scene
- It presents the scene spread before the viewer as a whole rather than naming one object in it.

