都と市し圏けん

noun

urban area; metropolitan area; metropolitan region

Refers to a city and its surrounding commuter belt, often used in urban planning and demographics.

• 東とう京きょう都と市し圏けんの人じん口こうは増ふえ続つづけている。

  The population of the Tokyo metropolitan area continues to grow.

• この都と市し圏けんでは交こう通つう渋じゅう滞たいが深しん刻こくだ。

  Traffic congestion is severe in this urban area.