那辺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
那	辺
な Grade: S	へん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
那邊 (kyūjitai) 奈辺

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なへん [nàhéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [na̠hẽ̞ɴ]

Pronoun

那(な)辺(へん) • (nahen) 

1. what area, whereabouts, where

   Synonyms: どの辺り (dono atari), どの辺 (dono hen), どこ (doko)

   • 1895, 泉鏡花, 愛と婚姻‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     妻(つま)なく、夫(をつと)なく、一(いつ)般(ぱん)の男(だん)女(ぢよ)は皆(みな)たゞ男(だん)女(ぢよ)なりと仮(か)定(てい)せよ。愛(あい)に対(たい)する道(だう)徳(とく)の罪(ざい)人(にん)は那(な)辺(へん)にか出(いで)来(きた)らむ

     Tsuma naku, otto naku, ippan no danjo wa mina tada danjo nari to katei seyo. Ai ni taisuru dōtoku no zainin wa nahen ni ka idekitaran

     Suppose there were no wives, no husbands, and men and women at large were all merely men and women. Whereabouts would the transgressors of the morals of love appear?

   • 1916, 河上肇, 貧乏物語‎^[2], 青空文庫:

     今(こん)日(にち)の社(しゃ)会(かい)が貧(びん)乏(ぼう)という大(たい)病(びょう)に冒(おか)されつつあることを明(あき)らかにするが上(じょう)編(へん)の主(しゅ)眼(がん)であったが、中(ちゅう)編(へん)の目(もく)的(てき)はこの大(たい)病(びょう)の根(こん)本(ぽん)原(げん)因(いん)の那(な)辺(へん)にあるかを明(あき)らかにし、やがてこの物(もの)語(がたり)全(ぜん)体(たい)の眼(がん)目(もく)にして下(げ)編(へん)の主(しゅ)題(だい)たるべき貧(びん)乏(ぼう)根(こん)治(じ)策(さく)に入(はい)るの階(かい)段(だん)たらしむるにある。

     Konnichi no shakai ga binbō to iu taibyō ni okasaretsutsu aru koto o akiraka ni suru ga jōhen no shugan de atta ga, chūhen no mokuteki wa kono taibyō no konpon gen'in no nahen ni aru ka o akiraka ni shi, yagate kono monogatari zentai no ganmoku ni shite gehen no shudai taru beki binbō konjisaku ni hairu no kaidan tarashimuru ni aru.

     The main purpose of the first section was to show that today's society is being afflicted by a grave disease called poverty. The purpose of the second section is to clarify where the root cause of this disease lies and to make that a step towards eventually going into the complete cure for poverty, which will be the topic of the third section and the main object of this whole composition.

Usage notes

Mainly used of an abstract location.

作(さく)者(しゃ)の意(い)図(と)は那(な)辺(へん)にあるか。

Sakusha no ito wa nahen ni aru ka.

Where do the author's intentions lie? → What are the author's intentions?