町まち中なか

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

downtown; town center; in the town

Refers to the central or busy part of a town, as opposed to suburbs or outskirts.

町まち中なかを歩あるくto walk around the town center
休やすみの日ひは町まち中なかを歩あるいて過すごすことが多おおい。
On my days off, I often spend time walking around downtown.
町まち中なかで〈物もの〉を買かうto buy something downtown
町まち中なかでお土産みやげを買かった。
I bought souvenirs in the town center.
町まち中なかに住すむto live in the town center (as opposed to the suburbs)
彼かの女じょは郊こう外がいではなく町まち中なかに住すんでいる。
She lives in the town center rather than the suburbs.

都と会かいN3
都会 refers broadly to a big city or urban area, while 町中 specifically means the bustling central part of a particular town.
町まち中じゅう
街中 and 町中 are both read まちなか and mean the town center, but 街中 emphasizes shopping streets and commercial bustle while 町中 is the more general term.
中ちゅう心しん街がい
中心街 is a slightly more formal, geographic term for a city's core district, whereas 町中 is the everyday word for being in the middle of town.
市し中ちゅう
街中 emphasizes the bustling, crowded downtown area of a city, whereas 市中 is broader and more abstract, referring to the whole city area.
市し街がい地ち
街中 is a casual word for being 'downtown' or 'in the streets', whereas 市街地 is a formal, planning-oriented term for a built-up urban zone.

郊こう外がいN4
郊外 means the suburbs or outskirts, the direct opposite of 町中, the busy center of town.
町まち外はずれN1
町中 means the middle or downtown area of a town, the opposite of 町外れ, which is the edge or outskirts.

町まち中じゅう
Written the same as 町中 (まちなか, 'town center') but read まちじゅう, this homograph instead means 'all over town' or 'throughout the town'.

Compound of 町 (machi, 'town') and 中 (naka, 'inside'). The reading まちなか is a straightforward combination.