Word Meaning 四方

彼らは四方八方に逃げた。

They fled in all directions.

彼らは四方八方に散らばった。

They were scattered in all directions.

日本は四方を海に囲まれている。

Japan is bounded by water on every side.

日本は四方を海に囲まれた国である。

Japan is a country surrounded by the sea on all sides.

日本は四方を海に囲まれた海洋国家です。

Japan is a maritime nation surrounded on all sides by ocean.

田舎では草も木も石も人間くさい呼吸をして四方から私に話しかけ私に取りすがるが、都会ではぎっしり詰まった満員電車の乗客でも川原の石ころどうしのように黙ってめいめいが自分の事を考えている。

In the countryside, the breaths of the grass, the trees, and the rocks have the foul smell of humans. They call to me from all directions, and they cling to me. But in the city, even the passengers of a jam-packed train are as quiet as pebbles on the riverbed, and everyone is only thinking of themselves.