市内

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See also: 市內

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 市內 (“within the confines of a town; in town; in the city”).
(This term is the simplified form of 市內).
Notes:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ない
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
市內 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese compound 市內市内 (d͡ʑɨX nuʌiH, literally city, town + inside, interior). Compare modern Mandarin 市內市内 (shìnèi) reading shìnèi, Cantonese si5 noi6.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ない) (shinai

  1. the interior of a city
    市内(しない)()んでいる。
    Shinai ni sunde iru.
    I live in the interior of the city → I live in the city.

Usage notes

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Sometimes glossed in English as adjectives local or intracity. However, it is important to note that the Japanese term is a noun, not an adjective. When used to modify another noun, 市内 either takes the possessive particle (no) as in 市内学校 (shinai no gakkō, intracity schools, the schools in a city), or it is prefixed directly in a compound, as in 市内電車 (shinai densha, tram, streetcar, literally municipal or intracity train).

Antonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN