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下町

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

下町 — “downtown, the old shopping and working district”

下町 (read したまち) means downtown, the old shopping and working district. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list.

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したまち

Meaning

downtown, the old shopping and working district

下町 in a sentence

下町したまちの雰囲気ふんいき。

The atmosphere of the old downtown.

The kanji in 下町

下below, down
町neighborhood, small town

Words that share a kanji with 下町

下さいください— (with te-form verb) please do for me
靴下くつした— socks
下した— under, below, beneath
地下鉄ちかてつ— underground train, subway
下手へた— unskillful, poor
廊下ろうか— corridor
下がるさがる— to go down, to fall, to drop
下げるさげる— to lower, to bring down, to reduce

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