周囲 (Shuui) is a Japanese noun meaning “surroundings, environs, circumference”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival nounsurroundings; environs
- noun, adjectival nouncircumference
Examples
周囲に敵影ありません。
No sign of the enemy in our surroundings.
地球は太陽の周囲を回る。
The earth goes around the sun.
周囲には誰も居なかった。
There was nobody about.
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