町まち
Meanings
Noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
esp. 町
This was our town.
2. street; road
3. chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
when read as "ちょう"
4. chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
when read as "ちょう"
Kanji used
town
Pitch accent
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Top 1000
Used in vocabulary (97 in total)
belle; (town) beauty
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
port city; harbor city; harbour city
inn town; post town; post-station town
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
(Edo-period) town magistrate
country town; rural town
town girl; girl raised in a town
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
Muromachi period (1336-1573)
machiya; traditional wooden townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
machiya; traditional wooden townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
physician in private practice; town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
back street; back alley; slums
simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant; popular no-frills Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
residential area
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
town originally built around a temple or shrine
red-light district
street corner
being raised in a town
to pass through town
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
martial arts school situated in a town
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
town doctor
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
senior town administrator (Edo period)
walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
street with houses lined up only on one side
machi-yakko; vigilantes who wore flamboyant clothing and formed gangs to fight against hatamoto-yakko (Edo period)
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
town that developed around a market; market town
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
Chinatown (Edo period)
women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
town that developed in front of a Shinto shrine's torii; town originally built around a Shinto shrine
public bath located in a city or town
Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
assisting town official (Edo period)
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
street clothes; townwear
inferior; second-rate
town map (Edo period); map of neighborhoods
machi-yakko; vigilantes who wore flamboyant clothing and formed gangs to fight against hatamoto-yakko (Edo period)
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
Machimura Faction (of the LDP)
street festival; street fair
important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders
tori-no-machi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)
Motomachi Station (Hyōgo)
Shinmachi Station (Gunma)
Kanamachi Station
Gofukumachi Station (Fukuoka)
Sakuramachi Station (Nagano)
Examples (200 in total)
Did you come to town?
The town slept.
What a large town!