歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごく

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Meanings

noun

pedestrian mall; car-free zone; pedestrian paradise

A street or area temporarily closed to vehicles so pedestrians can walk freely, often on weekends or holidays. The literal gloss 'pedestrian paradise' is common in English signage in Japan.

日にち曜よう日びは銀ぎん座ざが歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごくになる。
On Sundays, Ginza becomes a pedestrian paradise.
歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごくで子こどもたちが自じ由ゆうに遊あそんでいた。
Children were playing freely in the pedestrian mall.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごくにするto turn a street into a car-free pedestrian zone
日にち曜よう日びはこの通とおりを歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごくにする。
On Sundays, this street is turned into a pedestrian-only zone.
〈場ば所しょ〉が歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごくになるfor a street to become a car-free pedestrian zone
祭まつりの間あいだ、駅えき前まえの道どう路ろが歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごくになる。
During the festival, the road in front of the station becomes a pedestrian-only zone.
歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごくが実じっ施しされるfor a pedestrian zone event to be carried out
毎まい月つき第だい三さん日にち曜よう日びに歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごくが実じっ施しされる。
The pedestrian-only zone is put into effect every third Sunday of the month.