# 際 edge

(town) + 祭 (festival) Same-ON
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## Onyomi

SAI |

## Mnemonic

| The festival of SIGHs is on the edge of town, over there.

## Kunyomi

( xxx ) きわ | SUFFIX attatched to a place or thing , meaning 'close to' or 'on the border or edge of' something- usually used with locations: 'I'm standing on the edge of the ocean, where it meets the shore.' It is pronounced GIWA. SUF ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

実際(じっさい) に | in fact ★★★★☆ 実 (truth) + 際 (edge) = 実際 (in fact) in fact. (as in, 'You think you're Samoan, but in fact, you're adopted.') Also has the nuance of 'in practice', as opposed to 'in theory.'
ｘｘｘの 際(さい) にYYY | at the time of xxx ★★☆☆☆ "at the time of XXX, do YYY" .. . As in, 'As long as you're going to the kitchen, get me some pretzels, you crazy broad.'

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
審 | judge | NUMBER | 番
察 | police | FESTIVAL | 祭
際 | edge | TOWN |
擦 | chafe | HAND | 手

When the judge gives you a NUMBER of years in prison,

the police will have a FESTIVAL on the edge of TOWN.

Your HAND is chafing against my thigh.

## Synonyms

border, edge 国境 境 境界 縁 端 末 先 外れ 際
social status 身分 分際 階級