Translation guide
The primary road in a town or city, often lined with shops and businesses. Japanese has several words for this, depending on context and nuance.
The main road where shops, restaurants, and businesses are concentrated; often the busiest street in a town or city.
General term for a main street or boulevard. Can be used for any wide, important road in a city.
There are many shops on this main street.
Literally 'main street', often used in street names or to refer to the central shopping street in a district.
A major thoroughfare, not necessarily commercial, but wide and heavily trafficked.
The central street in a neighborhood, often with a name like '~ Main Street'.
Pattern: [place] + の + メインストリート. Used to say 'the main street of [place]'.
This town's main street continues from the station.
大通り is the most common and neutral term for any wide main road. 本通り often appears in proper names (e.g., 〇〇本通り) and implies a traditional shopping street. メインストリート is a direct loanword and feels modern or tourist-oriented.
Go straight along the main street.
This main street has many old shops.
Cafes line the main street.
Loanword from English, often used for a specific named main street, especially in tourist areas or as a proper noun.
Tourists were walking along the main street.
The main street becomes a pedestrian zone on weekends.
Arterial road; a major traffic route. More technical and used in urban planning or traffic reports.
The accident caused a traffic jam on the main road.
A prominent, bustling street; often implies a showy or fashionable main street. Somewhat literary.
Walk along Ginza's main street.