1.
newly developed residential area; new housing development
A residential area that has been newly built, typically on the outskirts of a city, with rows of modern houses and young families as residents.
新興住宅地に住んでいる。
I live in a newly developed residential area.
この辺りは新興住宅地で、若い家族が多い。
This area is a new housing development, and there are a lot of young families.
駅から車で十五分ほどの新興住宅地に家を建てることにした。
We decided to build a house in a new residential area about fifteen minutes by car from the station.
Composed of 新興 (newly risen, emerging), 住宅 (housing), and 地 (area, ground). 新興住宅地 typically refers to suburban neighborhoods that were farmland or undeveloped land a generation or two ago and have been built up with rows of single-family houses. These areas are often characterized by similar-looking homes, young populations, new schools, and a relative lack of long-established shops.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 新興住宅地に住む: to live in a new housing development
- 新興住宅地を開発する: to develop a new residential area
- 新興住宅地が広がる: new housing developments spread out
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 住宅街: residential district — any residential area, not necessarily new
- ニュータウン: new town — a large-scale planned residential development, often including commercial and public facilities
- 団地: housing complex — a cluster of apartment buildings, often public housing