Keyword
city
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig440
Readings
し
(93%)
いち
(6%)
Composed of
lid
piece of fabric
Mnemonic

At the advent of the industrial revolution the city was the only place where you could get a proper metal lid for your pot or a nice piece of fabric, since that's where all of the factories were.

Used in kanji (3 in total)
older sister
lung
persimmon
Used in vocabulary (615 in total)
city
town; city; municipal; urban
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
in the city; within the city
market; fair
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
ordinary citizen; the general public
municipal office; council; city hall
urban areas; the streets; town; city
metropolis; large city
in the city; in the community
urban area; urban district
the street; the town
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
municipal; city
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
old town; old part of a city
castle town; fortified town
financial market; money market
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
outside the city; suburbs
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
this city
town hall; city hall
municipal government
central city; major city (in a region)
city road; municipal road; the way of trade; the pursuit of profit
university town; college town
street fighting; urban warfare
local governments; cities, wards, towns and villages; municipalities
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
city police; municipal police
ordinance-designated city (administrative division for cities with a population of over 500,000)
horse market
black market
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
city planning; urban planning; town planning
morning market
(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management
goods on the market
market price or value
municipal railway; city streetcar; tram
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
going on the market; placing on the market
city walls; town walls
free city (of Germany); commune (of medieval Europe)
the whole city; all the cities; every city
municipal hospital; public hospital
check (pattern); ichimatsu doll
city gas; mains gas; gas supplied to buildings via pipes
city hospital; municipal hospital
cities and towns
every city
opening up of a market; market liberalization
overseas (a foreign) market
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
over-the-counter drug
fortified city; bastide
port city; harbour city; harbor city
local governments; wards, cities, towns and villages; municipalities
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city
sister city; twin town
Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)
city library; municipal library; public library
port city; harbour city; harbor city
Seiyo City (Ehime)
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
urbanization; urbanisation
industrial (manufacturing, factory) town or city
labor market; labour market
night market
fortified city; walled city
city centre (center); inner city; town centre
community-acquired infection; community transmission
artificial island city; floating city
in the town; in the street
city gate
sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
Hitachiōmiya City (Ibaraki)
satellite city; satellite town
market conditions
core city (administrative division for cities with a population of over 300,000)
urban-type; urban
checked pattern; chequered pattern; checks; checkers; chequers
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
urban area; metropolitan area; metropolitan region
municipal office
commune (of medieval Europe); autonomous city
secondhand book fair; antiquarian book market
National Intercity Nonpro Baseball Championship Series
ordinance-designated city
market price; current price
city bus; municipal bus service
market-based mechanisms; open-market forces; basic principle of a free market
single market (e.g. European single market)
same city
sister city; twin town
Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki
entering a city
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
(city-wide) lockdown
over-the-counter market; OTC market; retail market next to a wholesale market; outer market
city-state (e.g. the Vatican)
civic center; community center
the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
city council
modern city; modern town
fruit and vegetable market
Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail
Tōmi City (Nagano)
Higashikagawa City (Kagawa)
ordinance-designated city
people's revolution; popular revolution
ichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
(telephone) area code (non-local)
city bus; city-operated bus
middle class; bourgeoisie
city name; name of city
city bank; metropolitan bank
civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves
urban transport; urban transit
urban development
Urban Rennaissance Agency; UR
both cities
futures market; forward market
residential affairs division (of a city administration)
townsfolk; resident (of a town); merchant
market day
antique market; flea market
perspective of an ordinary person; common sense; popular feeling
holy city; city developed around a church, temple, shrine, etc. (e.g. Ise, Mecca, Vatican)
Tōon City (Ehime)
Vatican City; Vatican City State
Christmas market
free markets and open guilds; relaxed market place policy in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573-1598)
urban park; city park; municipal park
municipal organization; municipal organisation; municipality
straw hat worn by women
electricity market; power market
municipal district; (area of) streets; city and wards
old town; former town
tori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)
auction market
growing market; growth market
town that developed around a market; market town
year-end fair; year-end market
year-end fair; year-end market
open-air market; outdoor market
shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras
city symbol; city emblem
municipal area
city university; municipal college
the rice market
urban mine; discarded items which can be used as a source of resources
boom town; emerging city; new town
black market
flea market
citizen participation; public participation; popular participation
city dust; city confusion
direct-controlled municipality
citizens' rally; mass meeting
neighboring city; adjacent city
regional wholesale market; local wholesale market
world city; global city
Los Angeles police department; LAPD
special city; special municipality; direct-controlled municipality
first market of the year
megacity; city with over a million people
open city; defenseless city
another city; other cities
charity bazaar; charity bazar
antique market; flea market; jumble market; used-goods market
city name
flower market during Obon; fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)
Vatican City; Vatican City State
open-air market; outdoor market
global citizen; citizen of the earth
urban areas
cityscape; urban landscape
urban engineering; municipal engineering
fruit and vegetable market
fresh market; wet market
owned by the city
civic group; municipal activists; civic political forces
Shiomi City (a fictional city in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)
auction market
employee; city official
execution by decapitation followed by public display of the body (form of punishment in ancient China)
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
colonial city (of ancient Greece or Rome)
secondhand book fair
city god; guardian deity of a city and esp. its marketplace
trade; commerce
local telephone exchange number; local exchange prefix
public plaza; citizen's plaza
neighboring towns; neighbouring towns
to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
flea market (esp. one held in Setagaya, Tokyo in December or January)
medieval city (in Europe)
urban villain; street hoodlum
commercial software; retail software
urbanization control area; urban control area; zoning district where most types of construction is heavily restricted
municipal bond
call (money) market; call trading
urbanization; urbanisation
medium-sized city; mid-size city
flea market (esp. one held in Setagaya, Tokyo in December or January)
moving to a market-oriented economy; market-oriented economic reform
city newsletter; city bulletin; city report
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
Furuichi Station (Hyōgo)
city; town; village
commercial bank; city bank; private bank; high street bank
market integration; market consolidation
urban guerrilla
city conditions; municipal census
urban history
female guardian deity of the market
municipal expenditure
name of a city, ward, town or village
wholesale electricity market; wholesale power market
fish market
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
intra-city telephone call; local call
Social War (91-87 BC); Marsic War; Italic War
city-planning area; urban planning area; urban zoning district
to form a crowd; to have a crowd of people
city at risk of disappearing (because of decreasing population)
jus civile (legal code of ancient Rome); civil law
civic education; education for citizenship
having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
disposal sale; surplus good sale
city ordinance; municipal ordinance
commercially available book
urban farming; urban agriculture
Tumen City (Jilin)
gold market; gold bullion market
multi-city (flight)
municipal property
designated city or core city required to run its own public health centers
Tōkaichiba Station (Kanagawa)
district-level town (Vietnam)
to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the marketplace
municipal transportation; city transport
market research organization; market research organisation
local call (telephone)
combined market; comprehensive market
Ichiba Station (JR West)
drop dead; go to hell; fuck you
Mercosur; Mercosul; Southern Common Market
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
(telephone) area code (non-local)
auction market
auction market
open-air market; outdoor market
Ordos (city)
battledore fair
Yining City
flea market (esp. one held in Setagaya, Tokyo in December or January)
to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
Shahe City (Hebei)
Shishi City (Fujian)
Rushan City (Shandong)
Houma City (Shanxi)
Yushu City (Jilin)
market trial (of a product, service)
market liberalization; market liberalisation; opening up of a market
pulling out of a market; withdrawing from a market
city market seller; merchant; city resident
municipal funeral
store; market storehouse
area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
young underground market (the underground economy in goods and services, involving lots of barter and buying and selling of secondhand goods)
external labor market; external labour market
community-acquired pneumonia
loss of market; market loss
intra-city telephone rate; local-call rate
prefecture-level city (of China)
county-level city (of China)
people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); (lit.) there's a tiger in the market
independent city; city that is not part of another local government entity
townspeople; the common people
citizens band radio; CB radio
metropolitan city (South Korea)
city built according to the principles of fengshui
municipal waste from which valuable raw materials can be extracted; (lit.) urban oil field
federal city (e.g. Moscow and St Petersburg in Russia)
district (esp. in mainland China and Taiwan)
non-fossil fuel energy value trading market (established in 2018 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
town (in China); county-administered city (in Taiwan); urban township; commune-level town (in Vietnam)
town (China)
quasi-city planning area; zoning district in which special permission from the local governor or mayor is required for large-scale construction
new town (of a city; as opposed to the old town); newly built part of a city
cities, wards and districts
civic function; urban function
public swimming pool; municipal swimming pool
International Society for Customer-Driven Public Service
Shiritsu Special Needs School (older name style)
Urban Developers' Association of Japan
Hokkaido Association for Urban Studies
Tarakan, North Kalimantan
Danderyd Municipality
Haninge Municipality
Botkyrka Municipality
Chacao, Venezuela
Ekerö Municipality
Härryda Municipality
Independencia, Venezuela
Beitun City (Xinjiang)
Libertador Bolivarian Municipality
Bole, Xinjiang
City of Salisbury
El Hatillo Municipality, Venezuela
Jiaohe City (Jilin)
Huadian City (Jilin)
Qionglai City
Fuyuan City (Heilongjiang)
Kaiyuan City (Yunnan)
City of Tea Tree Gully
Cristóbal Rojas, Venezuela
Andrés Bello, Miranda
Pedro Gual, Venezuela
Simón Bolívar, Miranda
Acevedo, Venezuela
Shiyakushomae Station (Fukui)
Examples (200 in total)
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