Illustration: A small mountain settlement occupies a sheltered bend above terraced fields, with a dozen houses clustered around one narrow lane. Kitchen smoke rises from one roof, laundry hangs beside another, and vegetable plots fit between the homes.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

集しゅう落らく

shuuraku

settlement, village

Example sentences

  1. 駅えきから二にノ瀬せ集落しゅうらくへは階段かいだんで下くだる。

    Ninose Village can be reached by taking the stairs down from the station.

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

  2. 人ひとをよせつけない断崖だんがいの地ちであり、集落しゅうらくは存在そんざいしない。

    The cliffs of Naryu-misaki Cape keep people away, and no settlements exist.

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

  3. 丸山まるやま集落しゅうらくは戸数こすう33戸こ。

    There are 33 households in Maruyama Village.

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

Kanji in 集落

  • 集gather; meetOnシュウKunあつまる・あつめる・つどう
  • 落fall; dropOnラクKunおちる・おち・おとす

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