Moto 町: Town; Village; BlockKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チョウ
- Kun'yomi
- まち
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 126 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チョウ)
- 市町村しちょうそんcities, towns and villages; municipalities
- 同町どうちょうthe same town; that town
- 町長ちょうちょうtown mayor
- 町内ちょうないneighborhood; neighbourhood
- 町村ちょうそんtowns and villages
- 町民ちょうみんtownspeople
- 町議会ちょうぎかいtown council
- 町人ちょうにんchōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople
- 町会ちょうかいtown council
- 町名ちょうめいname of a town; name of a street
- 町政ちょうせいtown organization; town organisation
- 門前町もんぜんちょうtown originally built around a temple or shrine
- 両町りょうちょうboth towns
- 兜町かぶとちょうKabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located)
- 区市町村くしちょうそんlocal governments; municipalities
- 寺内町じないちょうtown built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
- 小便一町糞一里しょうべんいっちょうくそいちりif you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit
- 島嶼町村制とうしょちょうそんせいformer municipal system used for some islands in Japan
- 市区町村しくちょうそんlocal governments; municipalities
- 市区町村名しくちょうそんめいname of a city, ward, town or village
- 市町しちょうcities and towns
- 市長町長選挙しちょうちょうちょうせんきょmayoral election
- 横町よこちょうbystreet; side street
- 永田町ながたちょうNagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 町まちtown; block
- 下町したまちlow-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
- 町並みまちなみtownscape; street (of stores and houses)
- 室町むろまちMuromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573)
- 町役場まちやくばtown hall
- 町中まちなかdowntown
- 城下町じょうかまちcastle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
- 小町こまちbelle; (town) beauty
- 町はずれまちはずれoutskirts (of a town); edge (of a town)
- 町並まちなみtownscape; street (of stores and houses)
- 町外れまちはずれoutskirts (of a town); edge (of a town)
- 町奉行まちぶぎょう(Edo-period) town magistrate
- 町家まちやtownhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse
- 町工場まちこうじょうsmall factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
- 町角まちかどstreet corner
- となり町となりまちneighboring town; neighbouring town
- 下町人情したまちにんじょうthe warm feelings of people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
- 下町情緒したまちじょうちょthe friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
- 下町言葉したまちことばworking-class accent or dialect
- 下町風したまちふうdowntown style
- 二の町にのまちinferior; second-rate
- 后町きさきまちwomen's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
- 室町幕府むろまちばくふMuromachi shogunate (1336-1573 CE)
- 室町時代むろまちじだいMuromachi period (1333-1573 CE)
- 宿場町しゅくばまちinn town; post town
- 温泉町おんせんまちhot-spring resort; onsen town
- 港町みなとまちport city; harbor city
- 漁師町りょうしまちfishing village
- 片側町かたがわまちstreet with houses lined up only on one side
Other readings
- 八町はまちhamachi; young Japanese amberjack
- 八百八町はっぴゃくやちょうthe whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
- 南京町ナンキンまちChinatown
- 屋敷町やしきまちresidential area
- 日本人町にほんじんまちJapantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
- 日本町にほんまちJapantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
- 樺黄小町蜘蛛かばきこまちぐもJapanese foliage spider (Chiracanthium japonicum)
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