shanty town

Noun

An area, such as a suburb, consisting of mean, roughly-constructed dwellings inhabited by poor people.

Japanese Meaning

スラム街、貧困層が住む、粗末に建てられた住宅群が集まる区域

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We walked along the edge of the shanty town, where children played among makeshift huts and piles of scrap.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちはスラム街の端を歩き、そこで子供たちが仮設小屋やがらくたの山の間で遊んでいました。

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An area, such as a suburb, consisting of mean, roughly-constructed dwellings inhabited by poor people.

The navvies of the Midland Railway toiled for years to build it, enduring grim conditions in shanty towns that were built miles from civilisation. But build it they did, to form part of the Midland's main line between London St Pancras and Carlisle via Sheffield and Leeds from 1876.

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shanty towns

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