Meaning
沿岸 (えんがん, engan) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “coast, shore”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
今日は沿岸の波が荒いでしょう。
Waves on the coast will be rough today.
沿岸を航海する。
Sail along the coast.
松江は日本海の沿岸にある.
Matsue lies on (the coast of) the Sea of Japan.
沿岸地帯には津波警報が出た。
The coast was warned against a tsunami.
船は沿岸に向かって急いで進んだ。
The ship made for the shore.
トロール漁船は沿岸の魚をとりつくしました。
Fishing trawlers have fished out all the local waters.
天気予報によると、台風は沿岸に接近しそうだ。
According to the weather forecast, the typhoon is likely to approach the coast.
地震後の津波予報で沿岸の住民は恐慌を来たした.
The inhabitants along the coast were seized with panic at the tsunami forecast after the earthquake.
数年後、ヨーロッパ人たちは沿岸の植民地に住み着いた。
Years later, Europeans established colonies in the coastal areas.
ブリティッシュコロンビアの沿岸生態系の劣化が急速に進行している。
The coastal ecosystem of British Columbia is rapidly declining.
三人の帰還軍人が瀬戸内海沿岸のある小さな町のはずれに一軒の家を借りて共同生活をしている。
The three veterans lived together in a rented cottage on the outskirts of a small town on the edge of the inland sea.
実際、幕府が国内沿岸を運行する唐船の警固を西国の御家人に命じた例がいくつか見られるものの、外洋に出た後の航海は護衛せず、基本的には商人たちに放任されていた。
Although there were, in fact, several cases where the bakufu ordered Saigoku-gokenin to guard Tosen running along domestic coasts, the government did not guard the ships after they ran out into the open sea and basically left the guard to the merchants.