市内

See also: 市內

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 市内 – 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
Kanji in this term
市 内
し
Grade: 2		 ない
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
市內 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Noun

市(し)内(ない) • (shinai) 

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

Usage notes

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 の (no) as in 市内の学校 (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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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