外がい環かん

noun

outer ring; outer loop

Refers to a ring road or loop line that encircles a city or area; commonly seen in compound names such as 外環状線.

• 東とう京きょう外がい環かん自じ動どう車しゃ道どうは、都と心しんの外そと側がわを走はしる高こう速そく道どう路ろです。

  The Tokyo Outer Ring Expressway is a highway that runs around the outside of the city center.

• 外がい環かん状じょう線せんが完かん成せいすれば、渋じゅう滞たいが緩かん和わされるでしょう。

  Once the outer loop line is completed, traffic congestion should ease.