Illustration: A maintenance worker stands in an open inspection trench along a Japanese residential street, tightening a joint in the main water pipe. Branch pipes run toward several compact houses, where a resident fills a kettle and another waters balcony plants.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

インフラ

infura

infrastructure

Example sentences

  1. またガス灯とうの燃料ねんりょうとしての都市としガスの供給設備きょうきゅうせつびなどのインフラは、調理用ちょうりようや暖房用だんぼうようのガス器具きぐへの燃料供給設備ねんりょうきょうきゅうせつびとして、その後ごも整備せいびが続つづけられ、現在げんざいに至いたる。

    The infrastructure for distributing gas fuels for lighting such as city gas distribution equipment has been continuously improved to this day, in order to provide fuels for gas cooking and heating equipment.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 具体的ぐたいてきには団地内だんちないで用もちいる道路どうろ・上下水道じょうげすいどう・電力等でんりょくとうのインフラを何なにもないところから敷設ふせつする費用ひようは受益者じゅえきしゃの多寡たかによらず一定いっていの費用ひようがかかり先行投資せんこうとうしが必要ひつようとなる。

    The expenses necessary for construction of the infrastructure elements within a danchi such as roads, water and sewerage and electricity where previously none of these existed demands a certain level of prior investment regardless of the number of beneficiaries.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. どちらの場合ばあいもインフラ整備せいびには少すくなからぬ時間じかんと費用ひようを要ようし、団地建設だんちけんせつのためには団地建設だんちけんせつを費用面ひようめんから支ささえる一定規模以上いっていきぼいじょうの事業者じぎょうしゃや入居者にゅうきょしゃが必要ひつようとなり、団地建設だんちけんせつにかかる建設費用けんせつひようとの対比たいひによって採算性さいさんせいが問とわれ、事業決定じぎょうけっていされる。

    Both types of projects require a considerable amount of time and money, and a large enough business and number of tenants are necessary in order for a danchi to be constructed; a comparison of the costs involved means that profitability must be investigated before a decision is taken as to whether to proceed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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