1.
surrounding environment; surroundings; neighborhood conditions
The physical, social, or infrastructural environment around a particular location — a house, school, facility, or station — including what businesses, transport, noise levels, and amenities are nearby. Standard in real estate listings, urban-planning reports, and product/site descriptions.
周辺環境がいい。
The surroundings are nice.
家を買う時は周辺環境も重要だ。
When buying a house, the surrounding environment is also important.
この物件は駅から近く、周辺環境も静かで住みやすい。
This property is close to the station, and the surrounding environment is quiet and comfortable to live in.
Compound of 周辺 ('surroundings; vicinity') and 環境 ('environment'). Refers to the conditions in the area around a specified point, not to the natural environment on a global scale.
USAGE:
- Especially common in real estate listings, where it summarizes factors like shops, schools, transport access, and noise.
- Also used in reports on the siting of schools, hospitals, and industrial facilities, and in impact assessments.
- Do not confuse with 自然環境 ('the natural environment'), which is broader and more abstract.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 周辺環境がいい: to have nice surroundings
- 周辺環境に恵まれる: to be blessed with good surroundings
- 周辺環境を調べる: to research the surrounding environment
- 閑静な周辺環境: peaceful, quiet surroundings
- 周辺環境の変化: changes in the surrounding environment
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 周辺: surroundings; vicinity — the shorter form; just the area around something, without emphasizing its 'environmental' qualities.
- 立地: location — focuses on the site itself and its locational advantages, especially for businesses.
- 環境: environment — general; can mean anything from the natural environment to a work atmosphere.
- 住み心地: comfort of living — subjective experience of living somewhere, overlapping but more personal.