Word Meaning 沿岸

えんがん engan

沿岸 is read as えんがん (engan) and means coast.

Meaning

English

  1. coast
  2. shore
  3. littoral

Reading

Kana

えんがん

Romaji

engan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 4077 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

沿岸部

えんがんぶ

coastal region

沿岸警備隊

えんがんけいびたい

coast guard

沿岸流

えんがんりゅう

coastal current

沿岸漁業

えんがんぎょぎょう

coastal fishing

米国沿岸警備隊

べいこくえんがんけいびたい

US Coast Guard

東岸沿いに

とうがんぞいに

along the east coast

北岸沿いに

ほくがんぞいに

along the north coast

南岸沿い

なんがんぞい

along the southern coast

南岸沿いに

なんがんぞいに

along the southern coast

沿線

えんせん

places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

沿い

ぞい

along

沿う

そう

to follow (a policy, plan, etc.)

Example Sentences

3

The coast was warned against a tsunami.

More than a third of the world population lives near a coast.

The coastal ecosystem of British Columbia is rapidly declining.