首しゅ都と圏けんTop 2000MeaningsNoun1. Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area2. metropolitan area (of a capital)Kanji used首neck都metropolis圏area of influencePitch accentしゅとけんComposed of首しゅ都と(national) capital (city); metropolisNoun圏けんsphere; circle; range; area; zone; bloc; categorySuffixExamples1首しゅ都と圏けんでも燃ねん料りょうが不ふ足そくしている。There's a fuel shortage even in the Tokyo area.