都市
とし
hepburn toshi
city, urban area
Part of speech · noun
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都metropolis
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市city
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Examples
- 多くの若者が仕事を探して都市に出ます。Many young people go to the city looking for work.
- 大きな都市は人が多くて便利です。A big city has many people and is convenient.
Collocations
大都市都市の生活都市と地方都市計画近代都市
Mnemonic
都市 toshi — 都 (metropolis, capital) + 市 (market, city). A place where people and markets gather is a city. It nearly matches 都会 (tokai, partial-4) but 都市 is more written and administrative. Its contrast is this batch's 地方 (the provinces) and 田舎 (countryside, partial-5).
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Which word in this batch contrasts with 都市?