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下町 (したまち): old parts of town — Japanese vocabulary

下町 is read したまち and means "old parts of town". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

下町

Reading
したまち · shitamachi
Translation
old parts of town
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
したまちが

Example

彼女は下町で生まれ育った。

かのじょはしたまちでうまれそだった。

She was born and brought up on the backstreets.

Kanji in this word

  • 下 — down, below
  • 町 — town, street

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