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 (113 in total)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
street; quarter; district; area
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
street light
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
urban areas; the streets; town; city
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
road; street; avenue
nightlife districts; drinking districts
street corner
(on the) street
slum quarters
block (of land)
hot spring district (within a town)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
high street; town centre (center)
street fighting; urban warfare
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
business district; office complex
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
highway route (Edo period); main route
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
red-light district
street light
street light; streetlamp
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
street oratory; soapbox speech
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
business district
government district
shopping arcade
food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor
prostitute; whore; streetwalker
back street; back alley; slums
city that never sleeps
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
financial district
industrial area; factory zone
group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex
shopping street; shopping district
(right-wing) propaganda truck
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
man-on-the-street interview; vox populi; vox pop; curbside interview
the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)
flophouse area; flophouse district; flophouse quarter
street survey; opinion poll performed on street; on-street questionnaire
Japantown; Little Tokyo
crossroads; street crossing
street clothes; townwear
street gossips and idle rumors
carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
city centre (center); inner city; town centre
theater district (quarter); theatre district
street of well-known stores
streetside fundraising
carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets
(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
amusement quarter
(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
urbanization control area; urban control area
street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
street vendor
den of thieves; brothel; red-light district
street map
(telephone) area code (non-local)
flophouse area; flophouse district; flophouse quarter
area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
red-light district; pleasure quarter
right wing organization, esp. one using "black van" propaganda trucks
Occupy Wall Street (protest movement, 2011-)
street festival; street fair
Asian quarters (esp. in Brazil); Asian district
red-light district
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.