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辺り

あたり

vicinity, around

Mnemonic

The ground lying either side of where you are stood, taken in with one turn of the head. The same atari あたり as 当たる, except that this one is a place. We had a look round: あたり.

Worth knowing

Near 当たり あたり, a hit, in sound. 周り まわり is what is around a thing. 辺り is roughly here.

Built from

vicinity, edge
辶 the road radical, and the ground lying either side of it. Round about, rather than anywhere exact.

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