町

Meaning

町 centers on a defined area of human settlement: a town or village, and by extension the streets and blocks that make it up.

• 町まち
  N5

  town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood

• 市町村しちょうそん

  cities, towns and villages; municipalities

• 町内ちょうない

  neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

• 小町こまち

  belle; (town) beauty

• 下町したまち
  N2

  low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)

• 町村ちょうそん

  towns and villages

• 町長ちょうちょう

  town mayor

• 室町むろまち

  Muromachi period (1336-1573)

• 町中まちなか
  N1

  downtown

• 町民ちょうみん

  townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk

• 町並みまちなみ
  N1

  townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

• 城下町じょうかまち

  castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

• 永田町ながたちょう

  Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)

• 田舎町いなかまち

  country town; rural town

• 市町しちょう

  cities and towns

• 港町みなとまち

  port city; harbor city; harbour city

• 谷町たにまち

  sponsors of rikishi or their stables

• 町人ちょうにん

  chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

• 町家まちや

  machiya; traditional wooden townhouse

• 町会ちょうかい

  town council

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