町まち中なか

Written forms

• 町まち中なかUsage27%

  Standard kanji spelling; high priority.

• 街まち中なかUsage50%

  Alternate kanji spelling, also common.

• まちなかUsage11%

  Kana spelling, often used in signs and casual writing.

• 街まちなかUsage7%
  search-only kanji form
• 町まちなかUsage6%
  search-only kanji form

Kanji

• 町town, village, block
• 中in, inside, middle
• 街boulevard, street, town

Similar words

• 都と会かい

  都会 refers to a big city or urban area in general, while 町中 specifically means the central part of a town.

• 郊こう外がい

  郊外 means suburbs or outskirts, the opposite of 町中.

Etymology

Compound of 町 (machi, 'town') and 中 (naka, 'inside'). The reading まちなか is a straightforward combination.