YOU SAID:
Chiba City became a government-designated city in 1992.
INTO JAPANESE
千葉市 1992 年に政令市となった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Chiba City became a city in 1992.
INTO JAPANESE
千葉市 1992 年に都市になった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Chiba City became a city in 1992.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.