同どう市し

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

the same city; the city in question

Used in news reports and formal contexts to refer back to a previously mentioned city. Often appears in phrases like 同市内 (within the same city) or 同市出身 (from the same city).

同どう市しの人じん口こうは約やく50ごじゅう万まん人にんです。
The population of the city is about 500,000.
彼かれは同どう市し出しゅっ身しんの作さっ家かだ。
He is a writer from the same city.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は同市出身だはどうしだしゅっしんだsomeone is from the (aforementioned) city
彼かれは同どう市し出身だしゅっしんの俳はい優ゆうだ。
He is an actor from the city (mentioned above).
同どう市し内ないで〈事こと〉が起おきるsomething happens within the same city
同どう市し内ないで火か災さいが発はっ生せいした。
A fire broke out within the city.

Kanji

同same, agree, equal
市market, city, town

Related words

同どう県けん
同市 refers back to a previously mentioned city, while 同県 makes the same kind of anaphoric reference but to a prefecture.
同どう国こく
同市 anaphorically refers to a city already mentioned, whereas 同国 does the same for a country.

Don't confuse with

同どう県けん
同市 anaphorically refers to a city just mentioned, while 同県 refers to a prefecture, a broader administrative unit.
同どう町ちょう
同町 refers back to a previously mentioned town, while 同市 refers back to a previously mentioned city, so pick the one matching the municipality type.
同どう国こく
同国 points back to a country, while 同市 points back to a city, a much smaller unit, so they aren't interchangeable.

Etymology

Compound of 同 (same) and 市 (city). A straightforward Sino-Japanese formation used as an anaphoric reference in formal writing.