Kanji1 / 12
街 kanji
boulevard, street, town
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ガイカイ
Kun readings
まち
Words with 街
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —街頭宣伝carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets
- —日本人街Japantown; Little Tokyo
- —東洋人街Asian quarters (esp. in Brazil); Asian district
- —のれん街food section in a department store with well-known tenants; area of a town with old or famous restaurants, souvenir shops, etc.
- —市街電車streetcar; tram
- —市街化区域area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
- —高級住宅街high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
- —中心市街地city centre (center); inner city; town centre
- —ビジネス街business district
- —オフィス街business district; office complex
- —駅前商店街shopping street outside a station
- —街路アドレスstreet address
- —アーケード街shopping arcade
- —シャッター街street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)
- —レストラン街food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor
- —街頭ビジョンelectronic billboard; digital signage
- —ショッピング街shopping street; shopping district
- —街頭アンケートstreet survey; opinion poll performed on street; on-street questionnaire
- —市街化調整区域urbanization control area; urban control area; zoning district where most types of construction is heavily restricted
- —街頭インタビューman-on-the-street interview; vox populi; vox pop; curbside interview