Noun
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
彼女は下町で生まれ育った。She was born and brought up on the backstreets. Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
see 山の手
23 results for 下町
More words
All 5下町風したまちふう
Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'downtown style
下町言葉したまちことば
Nounworking-class dialect of the Shitamachi area of Tokyo
下町情緒したまちじょうちょ
Nounthe friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
下町人情したまちにんじょう
Nounthe warm feelings of people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
Kanji
All 2Sentences
All 2彼女は下町で生まれ育った。
She was born and brought up on the backstreets.
彼は農夫に身をやつして城下町に潜入した。
Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.
Names
All 14下町げのまち
Place nameGenomachi
下町したまち
Place nameShitamachi
下町しもちょう
Place nameShimochō