ちょう
Meanings
Noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
esp. 町
2. downtown; main street
3. street; road
4. 109.09 m
when read as "ちょう"
5. 0.99 hectares
when read as "ちょう"
Pitch accent
ちょ
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
town road
Kabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located); Tokyo Stock Exchange
townspeople
town originally built around a temple or shrine
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
the same town; that town
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
towns and villages
town council
hectare (2.471 acres)
name of a town; name of a street; name of a neighborhood
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
town councillor; town council member
town council
town organization; town organisation; town administration
cities and towns
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
town originally built around a Shinto shrine
assisting town official (Edo period)
most specific part of an address (postal term); neighbourhood
units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach
towns and villages (official urban area classification)
Suehirochō Station (Tokyo)
Shintomichō Station (Tokyo)
Inarichō Station
Shōwachō Station (Kagawa)
Chidorichō Station