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光景

こうけい

N3scene · sight

Examples

夕日に染まる港の光景が美しかった。

子どもたちが遊ぶ光景を窓から眺めた。

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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.

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