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    3. 首都圏

    首都圏

    首しゅ都と圏けん

    Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area

    KMT4News #3+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab32 strokes

    しゅとけん

    Noun

    1.
    Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area
    2.
    metropolitan area (of a capital)

    Stroke 0 / 32

    Speed1.0x

    首しゅ都と圏けんに住すんでいます。

    I live in the metropolitan area.

    KMT3Daily LifeHome & Housing
    首しゅ都と圏けんの人じん口こうは非ひ常じょうに多おおいです。

    The population of the metropolitan area is very large.

    KMT4Daily LifeHome & Housing
    江え戸ど時じ代だいから首しゅ都と圏けんは日に本ほんの政せい治じ経けい済ざいの中ちゅう心しんでした。

    Since the Edo period, the metropolitan area has been the center of Japan's politics and economy.

    KMT4HistoryPolitics & LawBusiness & Finance
    首しゅ都と圏けんでは、地じ震しん対たい策さくが重じゅう要ような課か題だいとなっています。

    In the metropolitan area, earthquake countermeasures have become an important issue.

    KMT4Daily LifeTechnology
    首しゅ都と圏けんの交こう通つう網もうは複ふく雑ざつで、通つう勤きんラッシュ時じは特とくに混こん雑ざつします。

    The transportation network in the metropolitan area is complex, and it gets especially crowded during rush hour.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    首
    くび…(4)
    neck・counter for songs and poems
    都
    みやこ…(7)
    metropolis・capital・all・everything
    圏
    かこ.い…(1)
    sphere・circle・radius・range
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