町ちょう

noun

town; block; neighbourhood

Used in addresses and administrative divisions, often as a suffix. Refers to a town or a smaller district within a city.

See also: 町 (まち)

• 町ちょうは市しより小ちいさい自じ治ち体たいの一いっ種しゅだ。

  A cho is a type of municipality smaller than a city.

• その町ちょうは村むらから昇しょう格かくした。

  That town was promoted from village status.

noun

street

Often used in street names or to refer to a street within a town, especially in historical or formal contexts.

• 表おもて通どおりから一いっ本ぽん入はいった町まちに小ちいさな店みせがある。

  There is a small shop on a street one block off the main road.

noun

chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

Traditional Japanese unit of length. Rare in modern daily use, but may appear in historical or land measurement contexts.

• 一いっ町ちょうは約やく109メートルです。

  One chō is about 109 meters.

noun

chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

Traditional Japanese unit of area. Rare in modern daily use, but may appear in historical or agricultural contexts.

• この田たんぼは二に町ちょうの広ひろさがある。

  This rice field is two chō in area.