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Town and country — 都市と地方

The ward and the district, land use, zoning, migration to the cities, the empty village. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

とし noun

都市 city

くいき noun

区域 zone, area

ちく noun

地区 district, section

ちいきしゃかい noun

地域社会 the local community

しがいち noun

市街地 built-up urban area

ようち noun

用地 site, land for a purpose

しきち noun

敷地 site, premises

くかく noun

区画 plot, block, division

かいはつけいかく noun

開発計画 development plan

さいかいはつ noun

再開発 redevelopment

あきや noun

空き家 empty house

じんこうみつど noun

人口密度 population density

いじゅう noun

移住 migration, moving to live

ていじゅう noun

定住 settling permanently

つうきんけん noun

通勤圏 commuting area

ちか noun

地価 land prices

こうきょうしせつ noun

公共施設 public facilities

げすいどう noun

下水道 sewerage

まちなみ noun

街並み the streetscape, rows of houses

けいかん noun

景観 scenery, the look of a place

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Town and country — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1 Write the Japanese

the local community

noun

city

noun

built-up urban area

noun

scenery, the look of a place

noun

redevelopment

noun

development plan

noun

plot, block, division

noun

commuting area

noun

site, premises

noun

zone, area

noun

2 What does it mean?

下水道

街並み

用地

地区

空き家

移住

地価

人口密度

公共施設

定住

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