ベッドタウン

noun

commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town

A residential area from which people commute to work in a larger city; often used in urban planning contexts.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from bed town

• この町まちは東とう京きょうのベッドタウンとして発はっ展てんしてきた。

  This town has developed as a commuter town for Tokyo.

• ベッドタウンでは昼ひる間まの人じん口こうが少すくない。

  In a bedroom community, the daytime population is small.