N2395/1725

下した町まち

nounnoun (generic)

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したまち

Meanings

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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Example sentences

下町したまちの路地裏ろじうらには古ふるい建物たてものがたくさん残のこっている。

Many old buildings remain in the back alleys of the shitamachi district.

彼女かのじょは下町したまちで生うまれ育そだったので、人情味にんじょうみがあると言いわれている。

Because she was born and raised in the shitamachi district, she is said to have a warm and friendly nature.

下町したまちの商店街しょうてんがいは昔むかしながらの雰囲気ふんいきを今いまでも保たもっている。

The shopping street in the shitamachi district still maintains its traditional atmosphere.

東京とうきょうの下町したまちを歩あるくと、職人しょくにんが丁寧ていねいに仕事しごとをしている姿すがたをよく見みかける。

When you walk through Tokyo's shitamachi district, you often see craftsmen working with great care.

近年きんねん、下町したまちの再開発さいかいはつが進すすみ、昔むかしの面影おもかげが失うしなわれつつあることを惜おしむ声こえも多おおい。

In recent years, redevelopment of the shitamachi district has progressed, and there are many voices lamenting the loss of its former character.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)