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"Megalopolis" or "Megacity" in Japanese [4 Cyberpunk Setting]

Started by Daddy Warpig, March 03, 2016, 03:41:16 PM

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Daddy Warpig

March 03, 2016, 03:41:16 PM
Question for a low-tech Cyberpunk setting I'm writing:

What is the Japanese word for megalopolis or megacity?

Thanks in advance!
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Christopher Brady

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March 03, 2016, 03:49:18 PM
There is no equivalent 'word' in Japanese, so they Nipponized it:

The 'correct' word is Megalopolis: メガロポリス or Megaroporisu
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Daddy Warpig

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March 03, 2016, 03:56:15 PM
I had someone pass me two words they thought would fit:

大都会 / Daitokai
大都市 / Daitoshi

Both mean "big city", but I'm wondering if they have the connotations of "massive, huge city" I'm looking for.
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March 03, 2016, 11:53:29 PM
Quote from: Daddy Warpig;883095I had someone pass me two words they thought would fit:

大都会 / Daitokai
大都市 / Daitoshi

Both mean "big city", but I'm wondering if they have the connotations of "massive, huge city" I'm looking for.

Sadly no.  Remember, they had to build small, because of the size of the land they have.
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Daddy Warpig

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March 04, 2016, 06:07:32 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;883174Sadly no.  Remember, they had to build small, because of the size of the land they have.

Thanks for the help! : )
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Baron Opal

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March 04, 2016, 07:14:12 PM
Thinking along the lines of Arcology, the translation of City-House or Tall-City might be useful.

Christopher Brady

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March 04, 2016, 09:00:19 PM
Quote from: Daddy Warpig;883231Thanks for the help! : )

One more thing, a lot of the older cities/towns of Japan are now actually districts of Tokyo.  Roppongi, Shibuya and the rest, all small towns.
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March 06, 2016, 12:24:51 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;883092Megaroporisu

I was going to suggest that as a joke, but there we are!
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March 07, 2016, 10:10:42 AM
In the 80s anime series about people living in a city within a spaceship, and not knowing it is a spaceship, they used "Megazone" (メガゾーン). There probably is a Japanese version of what you want, but probably even Japanese people would not recognize it. Kind of like how the normal person or a TV program would say "virtual reality" (phoneticized into Japanese syllables) but the scholarly journals use "jinkohgenjitsukan".
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