- the coast
沿岸の along the shore; coastal
- 太平洋沿岸の都市
- cities on [along] the Pacific
- 琵琶湖沿岸のホテル
- a hotel on Lake Biwa
- 金沢は日本海沿岸にある
- Kanazawa is on the coast of the Japan Sea.
- 沿岸漁業coastal [inshore] fishery
- 沿岸警備隊a coast guard
- 沿岸港a coastal port
- 沿岸航路coastal service
- 沿岸線a coastline
- 沿岸貿易coastal trade
- 沿岸流〔海岸に沿って流れるもの〕a littoral current;〔海岸に向かって流れるもの〕an inshore current