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辺り

あたり

vicinity, neighbourhood, around (a place or time)

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Examples

  1. この辺りは静かです。

    このあたりはしずかです。

    It's quiet around here.

  2. 駅の辺りで財布を落としたようだ。

    えきのあたりでさいふをおとしたようだ。

    I seem to have dropped my wallet somewhere near the station.

  3. 三時辺りにもう一度電話します。

    さんじあたりにもういちどでんわします。

    I'll call again around three.

Common patterns

この辺り
around here
〜の辺りに
in the vicinity of
辺りを見回す
to look around oneself

Memory tip

After a place it means 'around there'; after a time or a number it softens it to 'about', like ごろ or ぐらい. Don't mix it up with 当たり (あたり) 'a hit'.

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