► 名詞
都 [みやこ] [liter] meaning: capital rank: 4
☆ 古代の都 ⇨ An ancient capital city
都 [みやこ] [liter] meaning: city rank: 4
☆ 住めば都 ⇨ Any place will be a city, good place, if you live long enough
More examples:
- 都心なら未だしもこんなに遠い郊外でこんな高い家は馬鹿らしい ⇨ It is understandable in the city, but a house this expensive in a faraway suburb like this is ridiculous
- 東京は日本一の大都会だ ⇨ Tokyo is the biggest city in Japan
- 彼は都内に住んでいる ⇨ He lives in Tokyo
- 彼等は敵の国の首都を攻落した ⇨ They conquered the capital of the enemy country. The capital fell to their hands
- 日本の行政区画は都道府県と市町村からなる ⇨ Japanese administrative districts comprise 都道府県 and 市町村
- 夜中に首都高を流した (しゅとこう) ⇨ I cruised the metro highway midnight
- 彼等は敵の首都を簡単に落とした ⇨ They easily captured the enemy’s capital
- 都会では近所付き合いを一切しない人が多い ⇨ In big cities there are many people who don’t socialize with neighbors at all
- 震度五の地震が都心を揺るがした ⇨ A magnitude-5 earthquake rocked the downtown
- 時間の都合で詳細は割愛させて頂きます ⇨ Allow me to omit the details because of the time constraint
- 学園都市 ⇨ A university town
- 都心では放置自転車が問題になっている ⇨ Abandoned bicycles are problems in the city center
- 首都は敵の手に落ちた ⇨ The capital has been fell into the enemy’s hands, occupied
- 一身上の都合により退職させて頂きます ⇨ I’d like to resign from my post for a personal reason
- 彼は都心の高層ビルに事務所を構えている ⇨ He has an office in a high-rise in the city center