町外れ

まちはずれ

Also written 街外れ

Meanings

1. Noun outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

Kanji

• 町 town. Read as まち.
• 外 outside. Read as はずれる.

Example sentences

• 私たちは町はずれの小さなホテルに泊まった。
  We put up at a small hotel just on the edge of the town.
• 私達は、町外れの小さなホテルに泊まった。
  We put up at a small hotel on the edge of the town.
• 彼の家は街外れにあります。
  His house is on the outskirts of the city.

Common phrases

• 町外れにある

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