Word Meaning 町奴

まちやっこ machiyakko

町奴 is read as まちやっこ (machiyakko) and means machi-yakko.

Meaning

English

machi-yakko
vigilantes who wore flamboyant clothing and formed gangs to fight against hatamoto-yakko (Edo period)

Reading

Kana

まちやっこ

Romaji

machiyakko

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 131178 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

町奉行

まちぶぎょう

(Edo-period) town magistrate

町村派

まちむらは

Machimura Faction (of the LDP)

町衆

まちしゅう

important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period)

町村合併

ちょうそんがっぺい

merger of towns and villages

町興し

まちおこし

revitalization of a town

町筋

まちすじ

street

町中華

まちちゅうか

simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant

町丁

ちょうちょう

towns and villages (official urban area classification)

町段畝歩

ちょうたんせぶ

units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)

奴

やつ

thing

売国奴

ばいこくど

traitor (to one's country)

三一奴

さんぴんやっこ

low-ranking samurai