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下した町まち
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Meanings
Noun
1. low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
2. Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
Kanji used
下below町town
Pitch accent
したまち
Used in vocabulary
下した町まち風ふう
downtown style
Noun
下した町まち言こと葉ば
working-class dialect of the Shitamachi area of Tokyo
Noun
下した町まち情じょう緒ちょ
the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
Noun
下した町まち人にん情じょう
the warm feelings of people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
Noun
Examples2
She was born and brought up on the backstreets.
Dickens' thoughts come across along with the vivid depiction of old London.