Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 地ち 区く に 指し 定てい する to designate a place as a district
The city designated this area as a historic preservation district.
地ち 区く 大たい 会かい に 出しゅつ 場じょう する to compete in the district tournament
Our team won the district tournament.
地ち 区く ごとに 分わ ける to divide by district
Garbage collection is organized by district.
Related words· 6 地域 refers to a broader, often loosely defined region, while 地区 denotes a smaller, more officially designated district.
区域 stresses a clearly bounded zone, often in legal or regulatory contexts, whereas 地区 is the everyday word for a residential or commercial district.
地帯 describes a belt or zone defined by a shared characteristic (e.g. climate or industry), while 地区 refers to an administratively or socially defined district.
字 is a formal, traditional administrative term for a rural village subsection used mainly in addresses, while 地区 is a broader, everyday word for any district or zone.
Show 2 more Show fewer 地区 is a general, everyday word for a local district, while 管区 is a more official term tied specifically to an administrative authority's jurisdiction.
地区 refers to a general geographic district or zone, while 区画 refers to a smaller, precisely bounded plot or section within such an area.
Word family· 17 residential district; residential area
conservation area; preservation district
communist area
assimilation district; burakumin area; area targeted for antidiscrimination measures
commercial district; business district
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district plan; district planning
residential area; residential district; neighborhood
industrial zone; industrial district
war-devastated area; war-damaged district
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Etymology Compound of 地 (chi, 'land') and 区 (ku, 'ward' or 'section'). The word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation and has been used since the Meiji era for administrative divisions.
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