丁ちょう目め

Meanings

district of a town; city block (irregular size)

A numbered subdivision within a Japanese 町 (chō) or 大字 (ōaza), used in addresses. The size and shape of a 丁目 are irregular and defined administratively, not by a fixed area.

住じゅう所しょは東とう京きょう都と新しん宿じゅく区く西にし新しん宿じゅく二に丁ちょう目めです。
The address is 2-chōme, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
この町まちは一いっ丁ちょう目めから五ご丁ちょう目めまであります。
This town has chōme from 1 through 5.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉〈数すう〉丁ちょう目めused to name the Nth numbered block of a district in an address
東とう京きょう都と渋しぶ谷や区く神じん南なん一いっ丁ちょう目めに住すんでいます。
I live in Jinnan 1-chōme, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
〈場ば所しょ〉〈数すう〉丁ちょう目め〈数すう〉番ばん地ち〈数すう〉号ごうthe full format of a Japanese street address, combining block, lot, and building numbers
私わたしの家いえは中ちゅう央おう区く銀ぎん座ざ三さん丁ちょう目め五ご番ばん地ち七しち号ごうです。
My house is at 3-chōme, 5-banchi, 7-gō, Ginza, Chūō Ward.