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Japanese: 区 - く

[1] 〘 noun 〙① A unit of land division. A division of a region. [Revised and Supplemented Wa-Eigo Rinshu (1886)]② Autonomous district. A special local public entity that is granted legal personality and has certain limits of autonomy. Examples of this are the 23 wards of Tokyo. Special district. ※ Local Autonomy Law (1947), Article 281 "The wards of the capital are called special districts."③ Administrative district. An administrative division unit in a city with a population of 500,000 or more designated by government ordinance. ※ Local Autonomy Law (1947), Article 252-20 "The district may be divided by ordinance to establish wards."④ Property district. A part of a city, town, village, or special district that owns property and has public facilities. It has legal personality and only has the authority to manage and dispose of the property and public facilities.⑤ A specific division unit established for administrative needs. Electoral district, school district, etc. ⑥ An administrative division established in 1871 ( Meiji 4 ) for the purpose of processing family register affairs. ⑦ A geographical division unit. Climate zone, etc. ⑧ A division based on the former Hokkaido ward system and Okinawa prefecture ward system. A local government equivalent to a city. [2] [suffix] ① Used to refer to a district or area. "Voting rate in Tokyo's First District." ② Used to count areas. ※Spring of Truth (1930) by Hosoda Tamiki, "Bound" "When I got on the bus to the next stop, it was in the third district (K) ." ③ Used to count buildings. ※Issues of the Imperial Grand Shrine of Ise (804) "Main hall, District 1: Length 3.6 shaku, width 1.8 shaku, height 1.1 shaku."

Town [ward]

〘Noun〙① The boundary between the blade and the nakago of a sword. The edge is called the haku, and the edge is called the tsunaku. [Shinhamei-zukushi (1721) (Kojiki-ruien, Heiji 28)]② The tip of an arrowhead, the base where the arrowhead is inserted. Also called the nomachi (spatial area ) in contrast to the area of a sword. ※Kōwaka and Takatachi (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "I will strike an arrow at Lord Terui and present it to you. (Omitted ) I will hook the machi to the kofushi."

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① いくつかに分けた区画の単位。地域の区分。〔改正増補和英語林集成（1886）〕② 自治区。特別地方公共団体として法人格が与えられ、一定の限度で自治権が認められているもの。東京都の二三区がそれにあたる。特別区。※地方自治法（1947）二八一条「都の区は、これを特別区という」③ 行政区。政令で指定する人口五〇万以上の市におかれる行政上の区画単位。※地方自治法（1947）二五二条の二〇「条例で、その区域を分けて区を設け」④ 財産区。市町村・特別区の一部で財産を有し、公の施設を設けているもの。法人格を有し、その財産や公の施設の管理・処分の権能のみをもつ。⑤ 行政上の必要により定められた特定の区画単位。選挙区、学区など。⑥ 明治四年（一八七一）、戸籍事務処理のために設けられた行政上の区画。⑦ 地理上の区画単位。気候区など。⑧ かつての北海道区制・沖縄県区制による区画。市に相当する地方自治体であった。[2] 〘接尾〙① 区画、区域などをさしていうのに用いる。「東京第一区の投票率」② 区間を数えるのに用いる。※真理の春（1930）〈細田民樹〉縛られる「次まで乗るとバスは三区(ク)になった」③ 建物を数えるのに用いる。※皇太神宮儀式帳（804）「正殿壱区長三丈六尺、広一丈八尺、高一丈一尺」

まち【区】

〘名〙① 刀剣類の刃の部分と中子(なかご)の部分との境目。刃方を刃区、棟方を棟区という。〔新刃銘尽（1721）（古事類苑・兵事二八）〕② 矢箆(やの)の先端で鏃(やじり)を挿しこむつけ根。刀剣類の区に対して箆区(のまち)ともいう。※幸若・高たち（室町末‐近世初）「てる井殿に矢ひとすちたてまつらん〈略〉まちをこふしにひっかけ」

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