海 域(かいいき)

かいいき

noun

sea area; maritime zone; waters

1. sea area; maritime zone; waters

A defined area of ocean or sea. Used in maritime, military, environmental, and news contexts to identify specific regions of the sea.

この海域(かいいき)は危険(きけん)だ。

This sea area is dangerous.

台風(たいふう)の影響(えいきょう)で広(ひろ)い海域(かいいき)が荒(あ)れている。

A wide area of the sea is rough due to the typhoon.

日本(にほん)周辺(しゅうへん)の海域(かいいき)では、外国(がいこく)船(せん)の不法(ふほう)侵入(しんにゅう)が問題(もんだい)になっている。

Illegal entry by foreign vessels has become a problem in the waters around Japan.

A compound of 海(かい) (sea) and 域(いき) (area, zone). More specific than 水域(すいいき), which includes freshwater areas — 海域(かいいき) refers exclusively to ocean and sea areas.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

周辺(しゅうへん)海域(かいいき): surrounding waters
排他的(はいたてき)経済(けいざい)水域(すいいき) (EEZ) に含(ふく)まれる海域(かいいき): waters within the exclusive economic zone
危険(きけん)海域(かいいき): dangerous waters
海域(かいいき)を封鎖(ふうさ)する: to block off a sea area
漁場(ぎょじょう)の海域(かいいき): fishing waters

SIMILAR WORDS:

水域(すいいき): waters — broader term including rivers, lakes, and oceans
領海(りょうかい): territorial waters — the sovereign sea zone extending from a nation's coast
公海(こうかい): high seas, international waters — waters not under any nation's jurisdiction

海域(かいいき)

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