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.
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
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