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
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
royal capital; imperial capital
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
each time it happens; at all such times
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
urban area; urban district
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
each (every) time; whenever
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
ancient city; former capital
university town; college town
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
metropolitan governor; governor of Tokyo
inner-city area; city center
free city (of Germany); commune (of medieval Europe)
city planning; urban planning; town planning
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
state capital; provincial capital; county town
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
old capital; former capital
leaving (fleeing) the capital
artificial island city; floating city
port city; harbour city; harbor city
fortified city; walled city
satellite city; satellite town
metropolitan tramway; tram operated by the metropolitan government (esp. Tokyo)
central city; major city (in a region)
industrial (manufacturing, factory) town or city
commune (of medieval Europe); autonomous city
urbanization; urbanisation
avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare
personal circumstances; one's own convenience
Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); (arch.) black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus); Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
residents of the capital; townsfolk
(under) metropolitan government management
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
subcenter (of a large city) (subcentre); urban subcenter
depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances); at one's pleasure
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
urban area; metropolitan area; metropolitan region
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
ordinance-designated city (administrative division for cities with a population of over 500,000)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
metropolitan government (of Tokyo)
main city (of a district, province, etc.); major city
city bank; metropolitan bank
ordinance-designated city
everywhere in the capital (e.g. Tokyo); everyone in the capital
holy city; city developed around a church, temple, shrine, etc. (e.g. Ise, Mecca, Vatican)
town gas; city gas; municipal gas
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Kyoto, Osaka and Hokkaido); Tokyo and other prefectures
city dweller; townspeople
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto
boom town; emerging city; new town
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
university town; college town
Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
open city; defenseless city
megacity; city with over a million people
city bank; metropolitan bank
urban transport; urban transit
Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto
voluntary resignation; retiring for personal reasons
to choose as one's capital; to have as one's capital
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building
urban engineering; municipal engineering
neighboring towns; neighbouring towns
the Russian capital (i.e. Moscow)
cityscape; urban landscape
return of government (to Kyoto); making former capital (esp. Kyoto) the capital again
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
medium-sized city; mid-size city
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
metropolitan tax (of Tokyo)
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
being owned by the Tokyo metropolitan government
provincial capital (of China)
urban mine; discarded items which can be used as a source of resources
Miyamayomena savateri; Gymnaster savatieri
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
Tokyo metropolitan residents' tax
financial situation; financial standing
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
government of Tokyo Metropolis
Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official); travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
Tusita (heaven, pure land)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
secondary capital city (of historical China)
bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus, esp. Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus); birdsfoot trefoil
financial situation; financial standing
Tokyo bitterling (species of cyprinid fish, Tanakia tanago)
garden-town development; rural city development; urban sprawl
personal reasons; personal matters; personal affairs
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
Censorate (Ming and Qing-dynasty surveillance agency)
family reasons; personal reasons
Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE
Protectorate General to Pacify the North; Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE
Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE
Protectorate General of Annam; Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE
Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE
Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands; Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE
Protectorate General of Beiting; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE
leaving at the convenience of the company
prefectural senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area); public senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
city at risk of disappearing (because of decreasing population)
city built according to the principles of fengshui
municipal waste from which valuable raw materials can be extracted; (lit.) urban oil field
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
urban farming; urban agriculture
Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)