町まち

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.