街

Meaning

街 centers on a main road in a populated area: a boulevard, a street, or by extension the town itself that such streets define.

• 街がい
  N2

  street; quarter; district; area

• 街道かいどう
  N1

  highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road

• 市街地しがいち

  town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

• 街頭がいとう
  N1

  (on the) street

• 市街しがい
  N1

  urban areas; the streets; town; city

• 街角まちかど
  N2

  street corner

• 街宣がいせん

  carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets

• 街路がいろ

  road; street; avenue

• 街灯がいとう

  street light; streetlamp

• 地下街ちかがい
  N1

  underground shopping center; underground shopping centre

• ウォール街ウォールがい

  Wall Street

• 歓楽街かんらくがい

  entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district

• 花街かがい

  red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

• 市街化区域しがいかくいき

  area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)

• 繁華街はんかがい

  business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

• 住宅街じゅうたくがい
  N2

  residential area

• 街宣車がいせんしゃ

  sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda); loudspeaker van; (right-wing) propaganda vehicle

• 街路樹がいろじゅ

  roadside trees

• 商店街しょうてんがい
  N3

  shopping district; shopping street; downtown

• 中華街ちゅうかがい

  Chinatown

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