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VocabJLPT N1

urban areas

Nounの-AdjectivePlace

Definitions

1. urban areas
2. the streets
3. Shigai

The urban or city streets and the surrounding built-up area of a town. It is used to describe the downtown or city district in general, often in the context of maps or urban planning.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Past the intersection the city opened up and it suddenly got a lot livelier.

Sentence 2

Since I arrived earlier than planned, I took a short walk around the city.

Sentence 3

The chairman stated that "recovery of the urban areas will take time."

Sentence 4

He said "let's meet in the city," but... where exactly?

Sentence 5

Seriously, when is all this construction downtown ever going to end!