Word Meaning 町中

まちなか machinaka

町中 is read as まちなか (machinaka) and means downtown.

Meaning

English

  1. downtown

Reading

Kana

まちなか

Romaji

machinaka

Writing Variants

  • 街中 まちなか machinaka

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 4823 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

町中華

まちちゅうか

simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant

町人

ちょうにん

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants)

まち

downtown

町工場

まちこうじょう

small factory in town

町家

まちや

machiya

町長

ちょうちょう

town mayor

町外れ

まちはずれ

outskirts (of a town)

町会

ちょうかい

town council

町名

ちょうめい

name of a town

心中

しんじゅう

double suicide

家中

うちじゅう

all over the house

集中

しゅうちゅう

within a collection of works

Example Sentences

10

Shall we go sightseeing around town?

The rumor spread all over town.

The whole town knows about it.

All of the town was destroyed by a fire.

The rumor's all over town.

The rumor spread all over the town.

The whole town is looking for me.

I found something interesting in the town.

Everyone in town knows his name.

The small rural village was in disarray after the disappearance and murder incidents.