Illustration: Beside vegetable plots and a cluster of modest houses, a commuter cycles toward a small railway platform with a daikon protruding from her shopping basket. A local train curves past the fields toward the dense apartment blocks and office towers visible a short distance away.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

近きん郊こう

kinkou

outskirts, surrounding area

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは東京とうきょう近郊きんこうに住すんでいる。

    He lives in the suburbs of Tokyo.

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  2. 国道こくどう1号線ごうせんより西側にしがわでは近郊きんこう農業のうぎょうが盛さかんである。

    Suburban agriculture is active in the western part of National Route 1.

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

  3. 紅葉こうようの名所めいしょとしても知しられ、京都市きょうとし近郊きんこうの行楽地こうらくちとして人気にんきがある。

    It is also famous for its autumn leaves and popular as a resort located close to Kyoto City.

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

Kanji in 近郊

  • 近near; earlyOnキン・コンKunちかい
  • 郊outskirts; suburbsOnコウ

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