Word Meaning 自治体

じちたい jichitai

自治体 is read as じちたい (jichitai) and means municipality.

Meaning

English

municipality
local government
self-governing body
autonomous body

Reading

Kana

じちたい

Romaji

jichitai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 9521 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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自治体学会

じちたいがっかい

Japan Association of Local Government Policy Studies

地方自治体

ちほうじちたい

local authority

自治体衛星通信機構

じちたいえいせいつうしんきこう

Local Authorities Satellite Communications

自治体国際化協会

じちたいこくさいかきょうかい

Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

革新自治体

かくしんじちたい

reformist local government (often left-of-center)

基礎自治体

きそじちたい

municipality

国際地方自治体連合

こくさいちほうじちたいれんごう

International Union of Local Authorities

環境自治体会議

かんきょうじちたいかいぎ

Coalition of Local Government for Environmental Initiative, Japan

欧州地方自治体会議

おうしゅうちほうじちたいかいぎ

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe

自体

じたい

itself

自治

じち

local (governmental) autonomy

自治権

じちけん

autonomy

Example Sentences

自治体はゴミ処理問題に頭を抱えている。

The municipal government is at their wits' end concerning the garbage problem.

地方自治体が中央政府に従うことが必ずしも正しいとは、私は思わない。

I don't think it's always right for local governments to submit to the central government.

成人年齢が１８歳に引き下げられた後も、成人式は今まで通り２０歳で行うという自治体が多いようです。

Even after the legal age of adulthood got lowered to 18, it seems like there's still a lot of places where they continue to do their coming of age ceremonies at 20, as they'd been doing before.