Town - Machi

Japanese: 町 - マチ

1. A place with many houses and shops and a dense population. A city. "Live in -"
2. (also written as "machi") A lively place lined with shops. A city. "To wander around the town."
3. One of the local public entities. Located between a city and a village. → Cho (town)
4 Small divisions that make up cities and wards.
Five rice fields divided into sections.
An area with six houses crowded together and separated by a road.
"The Empress's Old Furu "The Emperor had the four houses built by the side of the palace taken up by the Emperor." (Genji: The Girl)
A place where shops selling seven things are gathered. A market.
" Curtain Katabiera He took off his coat, gave it to the boy, and sent him off to buy some fish." (Konjaku, Volume 12, Chapter 35)
8. A section of a palace or mansion.
"The princess's bed is beautifully decorated" (Yoru no Nezame, Volume 5)
[Additional information] Entries by book title. → Town
[Subsequent] Market town Inari Inari Town, red light district, backstreet, Male oh Town, one side town, one side town, above paper Town of Beautiful woman Care Town, downtown, under Shimo Town, post town, castle town, Takeya-machi, Tani-machi, Tera-machi, Tojin-machi, In front of the shrine Before town· Rooster bird Town of Nanjing Nanking Town, Second Town, Japanese Town, Japanese Town, Red Light District, Fukuromachi, Port Town, Temple Town, Yakatamachi, Yashikimachi, Yokomachi
[Synonyms] Town, city, street

Cho (town)

A local government entity. Located between a city and a village. A town. There are prefectures where "machi" is read as "cho" and prefectures where it is read as "machi."
2. A unit of distance. One cho is 60 ken, or about 109 meters.
3. A unit of land area. 1 cho is 10 dan, or 3,000 Pace B This is approximately 99.18 are.
4. The Edo Yoshiwara district. Also, by extension, the red-light district.
"Don't say such a thing." (Shame - Rice Bran Miso Soup)

Cho [town] [Kanji item]

[Sound] Chou (Chau) (Wu) [Reading] Machi [Kanji to be learned] 1st year〈Chou〉
A section of a city. Also, a city area. Town. "Town/townspeople"
One of the two local governments. "Town system, town/village, town mayor, town/city/town/village"
<Town> "Town Hall/Red Light District, Back Streets, Downtown District, Temple Town"

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

１住宅や商店が多く人口が密集している所。都会。「―に住む」
２（「街」とも書く）商店の並ぶにぎやかな場所。市街。「―をぶらつく」
３地方公共団体の一。市と村の中間に位する。→ちょう（町）
４市や区を構成する小区画。
５田の区画。区画されてある田。
６人家が密集し、道路で分かれた一区域。
「中宮の御旧ふるき宮のほとりを、四―を占めて造らせ給ふ」〈源・少女〉
７物を商う店の集まった場所。市場。
「帷かたびらを脱ぎて童子に与へて―に魚を買ひに遣りつ」〈今昔・一二・三五〉
８宮殿または邸宅内の一区画。
「姫君のおはします―は…さまことに造りみがき」〈夜の寝覚・五〉
[補説]書名別項。→街
[下接語]市場町・稲荷いなり町・色町・裏町・雄お町・片側町・片町・上かみの町・傾城けいせい町・下町・下しもの町・宿場町・城下町・竹屋町・谷町・寺町・唐人町・鳥居前とりいまえ町・酉とりの町・南京ナンキン町・二の町・日本人町・日本町・花街・袋町・港町・門前町・屋形町・屋敷町・横町
[類語]タウン・市井・巷

ちょう〔チヤウ〕【町】

１地方公共団体の一。市と村の中間に位する。まち。「町」を「ちょう」と読む府県と、「まち」と読む都県とがある。
２距離の単位。1町は60間で、約109メートル。丁。
３土地の面積の単位。1町は10段で、3000歩ぶをいい、約99.18アール。
４江戸吉原のこと。また転じて、遊郭。おちょう。
「そんなことぁ―で言ひなせい」〈洒・糠味噌汁〉