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

castle town
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 8652 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

城下

じょうか

castle town

城下カレイ

しろしたかれい

marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae)

城下の盟

じょうかのちかい

capitulation

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

しろあと

castle site

城

しろ

castle

城主

じょうしゅ

lord of a castle

Example Sentences

ここは企業城下町です。

This is a company town.

彼は農夫に身をやつして城下町に潜入した。

Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.