市街地
Meanings
1
urban area; built-up area; town area
Refers to a developed, densely built-up part of a city or town, as opposed to rural or suburban outskirts. Often used in planning, disaster prevention, and real estate contexts.
You need to be careful when driving in urban areas.
This area used to be rice paddies, but now it has completely become a built-up area.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉を通るto pass through an urban area
This road passes through the urban area.
- 〈場所〉が広がるfor an urban area to spread out
The urban area spreads out around the station.
- 〈場所〉に入るto enter an urban area
When we entered the urban area by car, there was traffic congestion.
- 〈場所〉から離れるto move away from the urban area
He built his house in a place away from the urban area.