Nounlow-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)

Nounthe same town; that town

NounMuromachi period (1336-1573)

Nouncastle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

Nounhamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail

Nountown; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood · street · chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

Nounport city; harbor city; harbour city

Nouncities and towns

Nounbelle; (town) beauty

Nounback street; back alley; slums

Nounred-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

Nounbystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

Nounred-light district

Nounneighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

Nounsponsors of rikishi or their stables

Nounwomen's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)

NounOmachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production

Nounboth towns

NounKabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located) · Tokyo Stock Exchange

Nounold town

Nounfishing village

NounChinatown

Nouninferior; second-rate

Nountown originally built around a temple or shrine

Nounresidential area

Nounhot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town

NounJapantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

NounNagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)

Nounstreet with houses lined up only on one side

Nountori-no-machi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)

Nouncountry town; rural town

Nountown built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

Nouninn town; post town; post-station town

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nouncity at night; town at night; streets at night · nightlife district; drinking district

NounChinatown (Edo period)

Nounthe whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other

NounJapantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

Nountown that developed in front of a Shinto shrine's torii; town originally built around a Shinto shrine

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nouncity that never sleeps

Nouncompany town; town whose economy is largely dependent on one company