Frequency rank: 1,081.
- centre; center; middle; heart
- capital; seat of governmentsee also 地方
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- centre; center; middle; heart
- capital; seat of government
This word is used to refer to the point in the middle or center of something.
This meaning is used to describe the capital city where the government is situated.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ちゅうおう中央をしめる占めるto occupy the centerちゅうおう中央にいち位置するto be located in the centerちゅうおうせいふ中央政府central governmentちゅんあんえき中央駅central stationちゅうおうぎんこう中央銀行central bankちゅうおう中央にあるto be in the middleちゅうおう中央のやくわり役割central roleちゅうおうしゅうけん中央集権centralized powerちゅうしんてき中心的ないち位置central positionちゅうおうぶ中央部central part
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel chair.
In the middle of the wall at the back of the room is a large window.
Passengers going to the Chuo Line, please change trains at the next stop.
In the center of the university campus stands the statue of the founder.
The head groundsman has a cottage right in the middle of the grounds.
Then it draws more silky lines across these spokes, leaving a smooth, non-sticky patch in the middle of the web.
After some freight cars were derailed, services were suspended on the Chuo Line.
That's when we learned that the main post office was on fire and that they had kidnapped our president.