Shinjuku
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 新宿 (しんじゅく, Shinjuku).
Proper noun[edit]
Shinjuku
- A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by the (clockwise from north) Toshima, Bunkyō, Chiyoda, Minato, Shibuya, and Nakano special wards; it is also the location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office.
- 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 139:
- The neighborhood we lived in wasn’t like the image most people have of Tokyo, all slick and modern like Shinjuku or Shibuya, with skyscrapers made of concrete and glass.
Translations[edit]
one of special wards that forms Tokyo
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
Shinjuku