都心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都 心
と
Grade: 3 		しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 都 (to, “metropolis”) + 心 (shin, “central part”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) としん [tòshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɕĩɴ]

Noun

都(と)心(しん) • (toshin) 

  1. heart of a city, center of a city

Derived terms

  • 副都心 (fukutoshin): urban subcenter

References

  1. ^ 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
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