Keyword
metropolis
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig1989
Old form
Readings
(76%)
(20%)
Composed of
someone
small village
Mnemonic

Every metropolis started as a small village to which someone suddenly decided to come and live in. Then another someone did it too. And another, and so on, until it stops being a small village, and becomes a metropolis.

Used in vocabulary (245 in total)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
town; city; municipal; urban
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
Examples (200 in total)
Do you live in the city?
I've never heard of that city.
Is it a city or a country?