Illustration: An evening street near a major railway station is busy with people moving between closely packed restaurants, clothing shops, an arcade, and an upstairs cinema entrance. Open shopfronts reveal merchandise and diners, while bicycles stand tightly together along a side lane.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

繁はん華か街がい

hankagai

bustling downtown area

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは日曜日にちようびにはよく繁華街はんかがいに出でかける。

    I often go downtown on Sunday.

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  2. 京都きょうとの繁華街はんかがいは交通渋滞こうつうじゅうたいがすごかった。

    There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 母ははは昨日きのう、繁華街はんかがいへ買かい物ものをしに行いった。

    My mother went shopping downtown yesterday.

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Kanji in 繁華街

  • 繁luxuriant; thickOnハンKunしげる・しげく
  • 華splendor; flowerOnカ・ケKunはな
  • 街boulevard; streetOnガイ・カイKunまち

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