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capital city
The city that serves as the seat of government for a country.
日本の首都は東京だ。
The capital of Japan is Tokyo.
首都に人口が集中している。
The population is concentrated in the capital.
フランスの首都パリは、芸術と文化の中心地として世界的に有名だ。毎年多くの観光客が訪れる。
Paris, the capital of France, is world-famous as a center of art and culture. Many tourists visit every year.
首都 refers specifically to a capital city - the political center of a country.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 首都圏 (capital region, metropolitan area)
- 首都高速 (metropolitan expressway)
- 首都移転 (capital relocation)
- 首都機能 (capital functions)
WORLD CAPITALS:
- 東京 (Tokyo - Japan)
- ワシントンD.C. (Washington D.C. - USA)
- ロンドン (London - UK)
- 北京 (Beijing - China)
- ソウル (Seoul - South Korea)
RELATED TERMS:
- 首都: capital city (political center)
- 都: capital, metropolis (literary/traditional)
- 大都市: large city, major city