僻地(へきち)

へきち
noun
remote area; backwater
1. remote area; isolated place; backwater
A place far from urban centers with limited access to services and infrastructure. Often used in policy and medical contexts to describe areas with insufficient facilities.
僻地(へきち)には病院(びょういん)が少(すく)ない。
There are few hospitals in remote areas.
僻地(へきち)医療(いりょう)の充実(じゅうじつ)が求(もと)められている。
Improvements in remote-area healthcare are being called for.
この村(むら)は僻地(へきち)にあるため、買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)くのにも車(くるま)で一時間(いちじかん)かかる。
Because this village is in a remote area, it takes an hour by car just to go shopping.

USAGE:
Often used in administrative and policy contexts, especially regarding healthcare (僻地(へきち)医療(いりょう)) and education. Carries a somewhat negative connotation of being disadvantaged by location.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 僻地(へきち)医療(いりょう) (remote-area healthcare)
  • 僻地(へきち)教育(きょういく) (education in remote areas)
  • 僻地(へきち)に赴任(ふにん)する (to be assigned to a remote area)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 秘境(ひきょう): unexplored region — romantic, adventurous connotation, unlike the practical tone of 僻地(へきち)
  • 辺境(へんきょう): frontier — the edge of civilization, often used historically or geographically
  • 田舎(いなか): countryside — neutral or positive, simply means rural area
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