Japanese symbol for “urban”
都市
とし
Romaji: toshi
town; city; municipal; urban
In Japanese, urban is 都市, read とし (toshi).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n town; city; municipal; urban
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “urban”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| アーバン | アーバン aaban | urban |
| 都会的 | とかいてき tokaiteki | urban; metropolitan |
| 都会派 | とかいは tokaiha | urban; yuppy |
| 都市型 | としがた toshigata | urban-type; urban |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 都合 | つごう tsugou | circumstances; condition; convenience |
| 首都 | しゅと shuto | (national) capital (city); metropolis |
| 都内 | とない tonai | within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area |
| 京都 | きょうと kyouto | Kyoto (city, prefecture) |
| 都会 | とかい tokai | city |
| 市場 | いちば ichiba | (town) market; (street) market; marketplace |
| 市民 | しみん shimin | citizen (of a country); citizenry |
| 市内 | しない shinai | in the city; within the city |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.