村むら

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to a small rural settlement, smaller than a town (町). Also used as an administrative unit.

〈人ひと〉が村むらに住すむfor someone to live in a village
彼かれは小ちいさな村むらに住すんでいる。
He lives in a small village.
村むらを出でるto leave one's village
彼かの女じょは仕し事ごとを求もとめて村むらを出でた。
She left her village in search of work.
村むらができるfor a village to be formed/established
この地ちに新あたらしい村むらができた。
A new village was established in this area.
村むらの人じん口こうが減へるfor a village's population to decline
過か疎そ化かで村むらの人じん口こうが減へっている。
The village's population is declining due to depopulation.

町まちN5
村 is a small rural settlement, while 町 is a larger, often more commercial town.
市しN4
村 is the smallest administrative unit, whereas 市 refers to a city, a much larger unit than both 村 and 町.
ビレッジ
村 is the native Japanese word for a traditional rural village, while ビレッジ is a loanword typically used for modern, commercial, or international settings like shopping complexes or Olympic villages.
集しゅう落らくN1
村 is the plain, everyday word for a village, while 集落 is a more neutral, slightly technical term that can describe any cluster of dwellings regardless of administrative status.

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部ぶ落らく
村 is the general, unmarked word for 'village', whereas 部落 can denote a smaller subunit of a village or carry the specific historical sense tied to burakumin communities.
区くN1
区 is an urban administrative division, while 村 is a rural village, distinct from the urban 区.
里さと
村 is the plain, administrative word for a village, while 里 emphasizes the rural, homely character of a small settlement.

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The reading むら is native Japanese. The alternate reading そん is a Sino-Japanese reading used in some compound words and administrative contexts.