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都立 (とりつ, toritsu) Japanese meaning: metropolitan | Kotomora
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He attends a Tokyo metropolitan high school.
We had a picnic in a Tokyo metropolitan park.
Usage patterns 都と 立りつ の 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 a Tokyo-metropolitan-run 〈place〉
I looked for materials for my report at a Tokyo metropolitan library.
都と 立りつ 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 通かよ う to attend a Tokyo-metropolitan-run 〈place〉 (school, etc.)
My younger sister attends a Tokyo metropolitan junior high school.
Kanji 都 metropolis, capital, all Related words 都立 marks something run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, while 区立 marks something run by a city ward within Tokyo.
都立 is specific to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, whereas 市立 refers to facilities run by an ordinary city.
都立 and 県立 both mean 'run by a regional government', but 都立 applies only to Tokyo while 県立 applies to prefectures.
都立 institutions are funded and run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, while 国立 institutions are run by the national government.
公立 is the general term for any publicly-run institution, while 都立 specifies that the public body is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Etymology Compound of 都 (to, 'metropolis,' referring to Tokyo) and 立 (ritsu, 'established'). The reading とりつ is a standard on'yomi combination.
