巨大都市

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 巨大都市, read きょだいとし, combines 巨大, enormous, with 都市, city.
• Basic usage: It denotes a very large city, whether as a fictional setting or as the urban area supported by a transport network.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A common noun
  • In 物語の巨大都市, the word labels a type of city rather than naming a particular place.
• Scope of 巨大
  • Neither example supplies a population or area figure, so no particular numerical threshold should be added to these contexts.