特とく別べつ市し

noun

special city; special municipality; direct-controlled municipality

Administrative term for a city with special status, often used for cities like Seoul, or historically for certain Japanese cities under the Local Autonomy Law.

• ソウルは韓かん国こくの特とく別べつ市しです。

  Seoul is a special city of South Korea.

• 日本にほんの地ち方ほう自じ治ち法ほうでは、かつて特とく別べつ市しの制せい度どがあった。

  Under Japan's Local Autonomy Law, there was once a system of special cities.