Word Meaning 城下町

じょうかまち joukamachi

城下町 is read as じょうかまち (joukamachi) and means castle town.

Meaning

English

  1. castle town
  2. city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

Reading

Kana

じょうかまち

Romaji

joukamachi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 8920 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

城下

じょうか

castle town

城下の盟

じょうかのめい

capitulation

城下鰈

しろしたがれい

marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae)

下町

したまち

Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

下城

げじょう

withdrawing from the castle

下町人情

したまちにんじょう

the warm feelings of people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods

下町言葉

したまちことば

working-class accent or dialect

下町情緒

したまちじょうちょ

the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods

下町風

したまちふう

downtown style

城跡

じょうし

castle site

しろ

castle

城主

じょうしゅ

lord of a castle