Kanji

町

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JLPT N4Jōyō · grade 1freq #2927 strokes

Meanings

town, village, block, street

ES: pueblo, ciudad, bloque, calle

On
チョウ
Kun
まち

Common words

  • 下町したまちlow-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
  • 町人ちょうにんchōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants), townspeople, townsfolk, tradespeople
  • 町村ちょうそんtowns and villages
  • 町長ちょうちょうtown mayor
  • 町内ちょうないneighborhood, neighbourhood, street, block, town
  • 町民ちょうみんtownsman, townswoman, resident of a town, townspeople, townsfolk
  • 同町どうちょうthe same town, that town
  • 室町むろまちMuromachi period (1336-1573)

Example sentences

  • 町まちが一面いちめんすっぽり雪ゆきをかぶった。

    Snow completely covered the town.

    La nieve cubrió la ciudad por completo.

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  • 彼かれは農夫のうふに身みをやつして城下町じょうかまちに潜入せんにゅうした。

    Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.

    Disfrazado de campesino, se introdujo en el castillo de la ciudad.

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  • あの町かどに公衆電話ボックスがある。

    There is a telephone booth at the corner of the street.

    Hay una cabina telefónica en la esquina de la calle.

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  • 山下町は、神奈川県横浜市中区の町名。

    Yamashita is a street in Naka district which is in Yokohama town of Kanagawa prefecture.

    Yamashita es una calle en el distrito de Naka, que está en la ciudad de Yokohama de la Prefectura de Kanagawa.

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Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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