がい
Meanings
Suffix
1. street; quarter; district; area
Kanji used
town district
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
street light
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
urban areas; the streets; town; city
slum quarters
block (of land)
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
(on the) street
hot spring district (within a town)
high street; town centre (center)
business district; office complex
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
street light
financial district
government district
business district
shopping arcade
industrial area; factory zone
food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor
shopping street; shopping district
flophouse area; flophouse district; flophouse quarter
street gossips and idle rumors
Japantown; Little Tokyo
crossroads; street crossing
street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)
carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets
theater district (quarter); theatre district
street of well-known stores
(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
amusement quarter
street map
den of thieves; brothel; red-light district
street vendor
flophouse area; flophouse district; flophouse quarter
Asian quarters (esp. in Brazil); Asian district
Examples (6 in total)
The new bank is on Baker Street.
There was an accident on Fifth Avenue yesterday.
I'd like to get off at Fifth Avenue.