超高層(ちょうこうそう)

ちょうこうそう
noun
super high-rise; supertall; ultra-high
1. super high-rise; supertall; ultra-high
Refers to extremely tall buildings, typically exceeding 60 meters (about 20 stories) in height. Also used as a prefix for things at extremely high altitudes.
超高層(ちょうこうそう)ビルが立(た)ち並(なら)んでいる。
Super high-rise buildings stand in a row.
新宿(しんじゅく)には超高層(ちょうこうそう)マンションが多(おお)い。
There are many super high-rise condominiums in Shinjuku.
この超高層(ちょうこうそう)ビルは地上(ちじょう)50階建(かいだ)てで、展望(てんぼう)フロアからは富士山(ふじさん)が見(み)える。
This super high-rise building has 50 above-ground floors, and you can see Mt. Fuji from the observation floor.

Composed of 超(ちょう) (ultra-, super-) and 高層(こうそう) (high-rise, upper level). In Japanese architecture, a building is generally classified as 超高層(ちょうこうそう) when it exceeds 60 meters in height (roughly 20 stories). The term became common during Japan's construction boom of the 1970s and is strongly associated with the skyscrapers of 新宿(しんじゅく)副都心(ふくとしん).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 超高層(ちょうこうそう)ビル — super high-rise building; skyscraper
  • 超高層(ちょうこうそう)マンション — super high-rise condominium (tower mansion)
  • 超高層(ちょうこうそう)建築(けんちく) — super high-rise architecture
  • 超高層(ちょうこうそう)ホテル — super high-rise hotel

RELATED TERMS:

  • 高層(こうそう) — high-rise; high altitude
  • 低層(ていそう) — low-rise
  • 中層(ちゅうそう) — mid-rise
  • タワーマンション — tower condominium (colloquially タワマン)
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