Illustration: From a gently rising residential road, a compact Japanese town spreads out below: connected streets, closely spaced homes, a small station, a school playground and several neighborhood shops with open fronts. Hills and cultivated fields mark the settlement's outer edge.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

町まち

machi

town

Example sentences

ローマは古ふるい街まちだ。
Rome is an old city.
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彼かれは町まちで道みちに迷まよった。
He got lost in the city.
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町まちは眠ねむっていた。
The town slept.
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Kanji in 町

町town; villageOnチョウKunまち

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