Illustration: A family enters a Chinese neighborhood in a Japanese port city through an ornate district gateway with tiled eaves and no inscription. Beyond it, closely packed Chinese restaurants, a grocery displaying dried ingredients, and a bakery selling round filled pastries line the same pedestrian street.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

中ちゅう華か街がい

chuukagai

Chinatown

Example sentences

  1. 中華街ちゅうかがいには中華料理ちゅうかりょうりのお店みせがたくさんあります。

    There are many Chinese restaurants in Chinatown.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 横浜よこはまに進出しんしゅつした華僑かきょうは、その大半たいはんが飲食業いんしょくぎょうを営いとなんだために、横浜よこはま中華街ちゅうかがいの面積めんせきが大おおきくなった。

    Most of the overseas Chinese who came to Yokohama ran restaurants, and as a result the area of the Chinatown in Yokohama expanded.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 中国式ちゅうごくしきの獅子舞ししまいは日本にっぽんにおいては中華街ちゅうかがいや中国ちゅうごく・台湾たいわんと関係かんけいの深ふかい自治体じちたい・施設しせつに獅子舞団ししまいだんがありイベントごとに演えんじられる。

    Also in Japan, there exist Chinese lion dance groups at Chinatowns and at the municipalities and other institutions that have close ties with China or Taiwan, and their performances are seen whenever an event is held.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 中華街

  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
  • 華splendor; flowerOnカ・ケKunはな
  • 街boulevard; streetOnガイ・カイKunまち

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