Keyword
town district
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig955
Readings
まち
(65%)
がい
(26%)
かい
(8%)
Composed of
stand still
square jewel
take a small step
Mnemonic components
go
square jewel
Mnemonic

If you want to buy a square jewel you'll go to the town district with all of the jewellery shops.

Used in vocabulary (133 in total)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
street; quarter; district; area
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
street light; streetlamp
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
urban areas; the streets; town; city
road; street; avenue
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
street corner
(on the) street
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
old town; old part of a city
slum quarters
hot spring district (within a town)
block (of land)
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
business district; office complex
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
high street; town centre (center)
street fighting; urban warfare
roadside speech; soapbox speech
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
port city; harbor city; harbour city
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
highway route (Edo period); main route
walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
street light; streetlamp
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
business district
red-light district
city centre (center); inner city; town centre
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
street light; streetlamp
financial district
government district
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
shopping arcade
food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor
back street; back alley; slums
city that never sleeps
sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda); loudspeaker van; (right-wing) propaganda vehicle
prostitute; whore; streetwalker
carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets
group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex
industrial area; factory zone
shopping street; shopping district
electronic billboard; digital signage
man-on-the-street interview; vox populi; vox pop; curbside interview
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
arcade with bars and restaurants
street survey; opinion poll performed on street; on-street questionnaire
street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)
the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant; popular no-frills Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
flophouse area; flophouse district; flophouse quarter; skid row
crossroads; street crossing
Japantown; Little Tokyo
street clothes; townwear
streetside fundraising
street gossips and idle rumors
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
theater district (quarter); theatre district
Chinatown (Edo period)
red-light district
street of well-known stores
food section in a department store with well-known tenants; area of a town with old or famous restaurants, souvenir shops, etc.
urbanization control area; urban control area; zoning district where most types of construction is heavily restricted
carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets
urbanization; urbanisation
(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
Occupy Wall Street (protest movement, 2011-)
(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
amusement quarter; entertainment zone
Asian quarters (esp. in Brazil); Asian district
street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
den of thieves; brothel; red-light district
street vendor
business district; office complex
(telephone) area code (non-local)
street map
flophouse area; flophouse district; flophouse quarter; skid row
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
street of well-known stores
food section in a department store with well-known tenants; area of a town with old or famous restaurants, souvenir shops, etc.
street festival; street fair
area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
red-light district; pleasure quarter
right wing organization, esp. one using "black van" propaganda trucks
red-light district
back road (narrower than 4 meters); narrow backstreet
new town (of a city; as opposed to the old town); newly built part of a city
shopping street outside a station
Yamanomachi Station
Examples (125 in total)
I like this city.
It's been ten years since I came to this town.
He doesn't seem to be heading for the town.