町まち

noun

town; neighborhood; block

Refers to a town or local area where people live; 町 is especially usual for this sense, including administrative or neighborhood-like units.

• この町まちには古ふるい寺でらが多おおい。

  There are many old temples in this town.

• 同おなじ町まちに住すんでいるのに、彼かれとはほとんど会あわない。

  Even though we live in the same neighborhood, I hardly ever see him.

noun

downtown; main street; busy urban area

Only when written 街

Written 街; often suggests the lively commercial or central part of a town or city rather than an administrative town.

• 週しゅう末まつになると、若わか者ものが街まちに集あつまる。

  On weekends, young people gather downtown.

• 夕ゆう方がたの街まちは買かい物もの客きゃくでにぎわっていた。

  The streets downtown were crowded with shoppers in the evening.

noun

street; road; streets of a town

Used for the streets or roads as a townscape, especially in expressions like 町を歩く or 街を歩く; it often means moving through the streets rather than along one named road.

• 雨あめ上あがりの街まちを歩あるいた。

  I walked through the streets after the rain.

• 夜よるの町まちを一人ひとりで歩あるくのは少すこし怖こわい。

  It is a little scary to walk alone through the streets at night.