town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
port city; harbor city; harbour city
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
town girl; girl raised in a town
inn town; post town; post-station town
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
(Edo-period) town magistrate
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
back street; back alley; slums
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
town originally built around a temple or shrine
name of a town; name of a street; name of a neighborhood
martial arts school situated in a town
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)
basic Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
town management; municipal management
local governments; municipalities
street with houses lined up only on one side
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
Kabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located); Tokyo Stock Exchange
senior town administrator (Edo period)
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
town elder (Edo period); town leader; alderman
persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period)
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
town councillor; town council member
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
town organization; town organisation; town administration
(the likes of) a mere tradesman
working-class accent or dialect
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
public bath located in a city or town
Suehirochō Station (Tokyo)
town councillor; town council member
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
Motomachi Station (Hyōgo)
townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
town originally built around a Shinto shrine
Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production
assisting town official (Edo period)
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
local governments; municipalities
Shinmachi Station (Gunma)
town organization; town organisation; town administration
most specific part of an address (postal term); neighbourhood
merger of towns and villages
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
novels or plays about the merchant class
Shintomichō Station (Tokyo)
the warm feelings of people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
Japanese foliage spider (Chiracanthium japonicum)
roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters)
units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)
townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
Machimura Faction (of the LDP)
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach
important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders
name of a city, ward, town or village
tori-no-machi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)
if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; (lit.) one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit
street festival; street fair
former municipal system used for some islands in Japan
towns and villages (official urban area classification)
Shōwachō Station (Kagawa)
Sakuramachi Station (Nagano)
Fujimichō Station (Kanagawa)
Gofukumachi Station (Fukuoka)