Word Meaning 町人

ちょうにん chounin

町人 is read as ちょうにん (chounin) and means chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ちょうにん

Romaji

chounin

Writing Variants

町人まちにん machinin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 982 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

町役人

まちやくにん

Edo-period official of the chōnin social class

町人物

ちょうにんもの

novels or plays about the merchant class

町人気質

ちょうにんかたぎ

townsman's (independent) spirit

町人根性

ちょうにんこんじょう

townsman's (independent) spirit

町人風情

ちょうにんふぜい

(the likes of) a mere tradesman

日本人町

にほんじんまち

Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

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

唐人町

とうじんまち

Chinatown (Edo period)

町

まち

downtown

町中

まちなか

downtown

町工場

まちこうじょう

small factory in town

町家

まちや

machiya