市（し）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: city
Example sentences
- この市には大きな公園がいくつもある。 — This city has several large parks.
- この市の人口は年々増えている。 — This city's population is growing year by year.
Idioms & proverbs containing “市”
- 市に虎あり (いちにとらあり) — people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market
- 門前成市 (もんぜんせいし) — having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
- 市井無頼 (しせいぶらい) — urban villain; street hoodlum
- 市に虎を放つ (いちにとらをはなつ) — to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “市” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)