How to say "municipal" in Japanese

• 都市としJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveA noun meaning a city or town; when it renders 'municipal' it carries the broad 'urban' sense, describing things of or characteristic of cities rather than institutions run by a city government.
  この都市としの面積めんせきはどれくらいか。↗

  What is the area of this city?
• 市立しりつCommon
  no-adjectiveThe word for 'municipal' in the sense 'established or run by a city': a city-run hospital, library or school takes this word, with the city government understood as the operating body.
  彼かれは大おおきな市し立りつ病院びょういんに勤務きんむしておられます。↗

  He works in a big city hospital.
• 区立くりつCommon
  no-adjectiveSame idea as 市立 but with a ward as the establishing body; it fits 'municipal' only when a ward, not the city, runs the institution — otherwise 市立 is the word you want.

Choose 都市 for the broad 'urban' sense of city-related things, 市立 for institutions established or run by a city, and 区立 only when the establishing body is a ward rather than the city itself.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 都市としtown
• 市立しりつmunicipal
• 区立くりつestablished by a ward
• 町立ちょうりつestablished by a town
• 町有ちょうゆうowned by the town