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Zach

集落

聚落

Readings

Kana: しゅうらく、じゅらく
Romaji: shūraku, juraku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

village; community; settlement; town; colony (animals, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: シュウ、 あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う
Meanings: gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Readings: シュウ、 シュ、 あつ.まる
Meaning: assemble

Example Sentence

それからまもなく(いく)(にん)かの測量士(そくりょうし)自称(じしょう)する(へん)服装(ふくそう)をした(ひと)たちが集落(しゅうらく)にやってきて、祖母(そぼ)小屋(こや)(まえ)(はか)っていきました。
➥Pretty soon along came to the village some strangely dressed people who called themselves surveyors; and they surveyed a line in front of my grandmother's little house.
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