下町
したまち
shitamachi
JMdict entry #1185940
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
see: 山の手・2
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は農夫に身をやつして城下町に潜入した。
kare ha noufu ni mi wo yatsushi te jouka chou ni sen'nyuu shi ta 。
Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.
ディッケンズの考えが、ロンドンの下町の生き生きした描写と共に読者には伝わる。
dyikkenzu no kangae ga 、 rondon no shitamachi no ikiiki shi ta byousha to tomo ni dokusha ni ha tsutawaru 。
Dickens' thoughts come across along with the vivid depiction of old London.
彼女は下町で生まれ育った。
kanojo ha shitamachi de umaresodaxtsu ta 。
She was born and brought up on the backstreets.