Illustration: From a pedestrian overpass in a Japanese city, a delivery cyclist pauses beside their bicycle as dense apartment towers, office buildings and narrow commercial buildings fill the surrounding district.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

都と市し部ぶ

toshibu

urban area

Example sentences

大部分だいぶぶんの人々ひとびとは都市部としぶに住すんでいる。
Most people live in urban areas.
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彼かれの仕事しごとの大半たいはんが都市部としぶに集中しゅうちゅうしている。
The bulk of his work is in the urban area.
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インフルエンザが都市部としぶで猛威もういを振ふるった。
The flu struck the metropolitan area.
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Kanji in 都市部

都metropolis; capitalOnト・ツKunみやこ
市market; cityOnシKunいち
部section; bureauOnブ

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