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outskirts of town; edge of town
The area at the edge of a town where buildings thin out and the countryside begins.
町外れに住んでいる。
I live on the outskirts of town.
町外れに古いお寺がある。
There's an old temple on the edge of town.
バスは町外れの停留所で最後の乗客を降ろした。
The bus dropped its last passenger at a stop on the outskirts of town.
Compound of 町 (town) + 外れ (the far end, the part that falls outside). Refers to the thinly built-up margin of a town.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 町外れに住む: to live on the outskirts
- 町外れの家: a house at the edge of town
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 郊外: suburbs — the residential belt around a city; 町外れ is the immediate, less developed edge of a town