Illustration: From high above Tokyo Bay, a broad continuous urban landscape extends from central Tokyo into surrounding residential districts and neighboring cities.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

首しゅ都と圏けん

shutoken

Greater Tokyo area

Example sentences

  1. 首都圏しゅとけんでも燃料ねんりょうが不足ふそくしている。

    There’s a fuel shortage even in the Tokyo area.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 現在げんざい、地震じしんの影響えいきょうで首都圏しゅとけんの交通網こうつうもうが麻痺まひしている状況じょうきょうです。

    Currently, it is a situation in which transport links in the metropolitan area have been paralyzed due to the earthquake.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. しかし、爆発的ばくはつてきな通勤需要つうきんじゅようの伸のびを見みせる首都圏しゅとけんへの新車投入しんしゃとうにゅうが優先ゆうせんされた。

    But, the new cars were preferentially directed to the metropolitan area where explosive demands for commuter trains are seen.

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

Kanji in 首都圏

  • 首neck; counter for songs and poemsOnシュKunくび
  • 都metropolis; capitalOnト・ツKunみやこ
  • 圏sphere; circleOnケンKunかこい

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