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    3. 近郊

    近郊

    近きん郊こう

    outskirts

    N1KMT5News #7+1CoreNounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab16 strokes

    きんこう

    Noun

    1.
    outskirts, environs (of a city), surrounding area, surroundings

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは東とう京きょうの近きん郊こうに住すんでいます。

    He lives in the outskirts of Tokyo.

    KMT3Daily LifeHome & Housing
    週しゅう末まつは都と市しの近きん郊こうへドライブに行いきました。

    I went for a drive to the city's outskirts on the weekend.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    近きん郊こうには美うつくしい自し然ぜん公こう園えんがたくさんあります。

    There are many beautiful nature parks in the surrounding area.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    この地ち域いきは、その大だい都と市しの近きん郊こうとして発はっ展てんしてきました。

    This area has developed as an environs of that large city.

    KMT6HistoryHome & Housing
    電でん車しゃで近きん郊こうの温おん泉せん地ちまで日ひ帰がえり旅りょ行こうをしました。

    I took a day trip by train to a hot spring resort in the suburbs.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    近
    ちか.い…(5)
    near・early・akin・tantamount
    郊
    outskirts・suburbs・rural area
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