1.
by region; regional breakdown; area-by-area
Classification, sorting, or presentation of data organized according to geographic region. Commonly used in statistics, reports, and administrative contexts.
Formed from 地域 (region, area) and 別 (by, classification). The suffix 別 is extremely productive in Japanese and attaches to many nouns to mean "sorted by" or "categorized by." This word appears frequently in news, business reports, and government statistics.
Common collocations
- 地域別の統計: regional statistics
- 地域別に分析する: to analyze by region
- 地域別人口: population by region
- 地域別ランキング: regional ranking
Similar words
- 年齢別: by age — same 別 pattern applied to age
- 都道府県別: by prefecture — a more specific regional breakdown
- 国別: by country — the same pattern applied to nations
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項目別 (by item)