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
5 results for 下町
More words
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