下町

したまち

Meanings

1. Noun low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
2. Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) See also: 山の手 (やまのて).

Kanji

• 下 down. Read as した.
• 町 town. Read as まち.

Example sentences

• ここはしがない下町の店です。
  This is but a humble downtown store.

Common phrases

• 下町にある

Words containing 下町

• 下町風 (したまちふう) downtown style
• 下町言葉 (したまちことば) working-class dialect of the Shitamachi area of Tokyo
• 下町情緒 (したまちじょうちょ) the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods

And 1 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N2

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