字あざ

noun, suffix

section of a village; subdivision of a rural area

Used in rural addresses and place names to denote a subsection of a village or a small hamlet. Often appears as a suffix in official address notation, e.g., 大字 (おおあざ) and 小字 (こあざ).

• 住じゅう所しょには、市し町ちょう村そんの後あとに字あざ名めいが続つづくことがある。

  In addresses, the section name (aza) sometimes follows the municipality.

• この地ち域いきはいくつかの字あざに分わかれている。

  This area is divided into several subsections (aza).