Learn Japanese: metropolis

If someone is surrounded by walls no matter whether they're inside or outside, they must be in a metropolis.

Note

If someone is surrounded by walls no matter whether they're inside or outside, they must be in a metropolis.

Breakdown of metropolis

someone

者

Someone old has seen many suns rise and set.

wall

阝 ^component

Usages of metropolis

都と市し is more generic than 市し and refers to the concept of a city as a populated and developed area. It doesn't necessarily imply a political or administrative boundary like 市し does. The term 都と市し is more comparable to the English use of urban area or metropolis.

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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita