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都会 (とかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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City life is convenient, but the cost of living is high.
He moved from the countryside to the city.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 から 都と 会かい に 出で る to move/come to the city from somewhere
She moved to the city from the countryside.
都と 会かい で 暮く らす to live in the city
I live alone in the city.
都と 会かい の 生せい 活かつ に 慣な れる to get used to city life
I still can't get used to city life.
Kanji 都 metropolis, capital, all Related words· 9 都市 is the more formal or technical term for a city (as in 都市計画), while 都会 is the everyday word emphasizing urban atmosphere or lifestyle.
都会 refers to a big city in a general, often cultural sense, while 市街地 specifically means the physically developed urban zone within a city or town.
都会 is the everyday native Japanese word for a city or urban area, while メトロポリタン is a loanword mostly seen in proper names like メトロポリタン美術館.
都会 refers broadly to a big city or urban area, while 町中 specifically means the bustling central part of a particular town.
Show 5 more 都会 is the broad concept of 'the city' as opposed to the countryside and evokes urban lifestyle, while 市街 focuses narrowly on the physical streets and built-up district itself.
都会 is a more casual, general word for 'the city' or city life, while 都市部 is a formal, statistical term for the urban area of a region.
都会 refers broadly to urban areas as opposed to the countryside (田舎), whereas 大都市 emphasizes the scale of a specific big city.
Opposites· 10 都会 means a large city or urban area, while 田舎 means the countryside or a rural area, and the two are often paired as opposites.
都会 means 'city' and contrasts with 郷, which refers to the countryside or one's rural hometown.
辺地 refers to an isolated, out-of-the-way place, while 都会 refers to a bustling city area, the opposite kind of location.
Show 7 more Don't confuse with 都会 (とかい, meaning city) looks similar in kanji to 都議会 (とぎかい, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly), for which 都会 is sometimes used as an abbreviation in news contexts.
都会 means any bustling urban area or city in general, while 都 specifically denotes the capital or seat of government.
Word family· 8 city dweller; urbanite
metropolis; big city
urbanization
Etymology Compound of 都 (capital, metropolis) and 会 (meeting, assembly), originally referring to a gathering in the capital. The modern sense of 'city' developed from the idea of a bustling metropolitan area.
シティ
都会 refers to an urban area in contrast to the countryside and carries a everyday, conversational tone, while シティ is a trendier loanword often used in brand names or compounds.
都会 broadly means 'the city' as opposed to the countryside, while 都心 narrows this to the actual core area of a big city.
都会 means 'city,' the built-up urban opposite of the untouched natural landscape suggested by 山野.
都会 is a bustling, prosperous city, the opposite of the bleak, impoverished 寒村.
都会 means 'the city', the direct opposite of 里 in its sense of rural countryside.
都会 means a city or urban area, the opposite of the natural hills and fields described by 野山.
都会 means the city or urban area, the direct opposite of 田園's rural, pastoral scenery.
都会 means 'the city', the direct opposite of カントリー in its 'countryside' sense.
都会 means a bustling city, contrasting with 地方 in its sense of the countryside or rural areas outside major cities.
都と 会かい 派は
urban; city-oriented; yuppie
urban; metropolitan; city-like
