settlement; village; community
Refers to a small human settlement, often in a rural or historical context. Can be used for any clustered group of dwellings, from a hamlet to a small town.
I live in a small mountain settlement.
この地域には古い集落が点在している。
Old villages are scattered throughout this region.
Only with reading しゅうらく
Biology term for a visible cluster of microorganisms growing on a solid medium. Restricted to the reading しゅうらく.
寒天培地に細菌の集落が形成された。
Bacterial colonies formed on the agar medium.
A small settlement formed along the river.
A bacterial colony appeared on the culture medium.
People have formed settlements in this area since ancient times.
Small settlements are scattered throughout the mountainous region.