境 (Sakai) is a Japanese noun meaning “border, boundary, turning point, watershed”.
Meanings
- nounborder; boundaryusu. さかい
- nounturning point; watershedoften ...を境に
- nounarea; region; spot; space; environmentusu. きょう
- nounpsychological state; mental stateusu. きょう
- nouncognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind
Examples
彼は生死の境をさ迷った。
He hovered between life and death.
隣の家との境を示す柵がある。
There is a fence marking the boundary between our yard and the neighbor's.
彼は忘我の境をさまよっている。
He is wandering around in a trance.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).