区く市し町ちょう村そん

noun

wards, cities, towns and villages; municipalities; local governments

Collective term for the four basic types of Japanese local government entities: 区 (wards, especially Tokyo's special wards), 市 (cities), 町 (towns), and 村 (villages). Often used in administrative or legal contexts.

See also: 市区町村

• 区く市し町ちょう村そんは、住じゅう民みんに最もっとも身み近ぢかな行ぎょう政せいサービスを提てい供きょうする。

  Wards, cities, towns, and villages provide the most familiar administrative services to residents.

• この制せい度どは、すべての区く市し町ちょう村そんで利り用ようできる。

  This system can be used in all wards, cities, towns, and villages.