住宅街|じゅうたくがいjuutakugai

1. nounresidential area
   昨日きのう、閑静かんせいな住宅街じゅうたくがいにある猫ねこのひたいほどの売り地うりちを見みつかって、すぐ買かうことに決きめた。↗

   Yesterday, I found a tiny piece of land for sale in a quiet residential area and I immediately decided to buy it.

• Synonym住宅地じゅうたくちNeutralCovers land for housing or a residential district, as in 「新興住宅地」; 「住宅街」 stresses the look of the streets.
• Synonym住宅地区じゅうたくちくWrittenWritten register for an area where housing is concentrated; 「住宅街」 suggests a streetscape of lined-up houses and is the everyday word.
• Synonym住居地域じゅうきょちいきFormalFormal term for a residential zone designated in urban-planning law; 「住宅街」 is the everyday way to refer to such an area.
• Antonym商業地しょうぎょうちNeutralA business district where shops and offices cluster; the opposite of 「住宅街」.
• Antonym工業地NeutralAn industrial district packed with factories; opposite to 「住宅街」 in land use.

Use 「住宅街」 for a neighborhood of lined-up houses, as in 「閑静な住宅街」. For land for housing use 「住宅地」, and for the urban-planning zone 「住居地域」; the opposites are 「商業地」 and 「工業地」.

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

1. 人々ひとびとが生活せいかつするために建たてられた家いえが多おおくある地域ちいき。