町（まち）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: town
Example sentences
- 私の町は静かでとても住みやすい。 — My town is quiet and very pleasant to live in.
- 夏の町の祭りはとてもにぎやかだ。 — The town's summer festival is very lively.
Idioms & proverbs containing “町”
- 小便一町糞一里 (しょうべんいっちょうくそいちり) — if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “町” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)