街
まち
town, downtown, street, quarter (of a city)
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Examples
週末は友だちと街へ出かけます。
しゅうまつはともだちとまちへでかけます。
At the weekend I go into town with my friends.
ここは東京のビジネス街だ。
ここはとうきょうのビジネスがいだ。
This is a business district of Tokyo.
夜の街は明かりできれいだった。
よるのまちはあかりできれいだった。
The streets at night were beautiful with all the lights.
Common patterns
- 街を歩く
- walk around town
- 商店街
- shopping street
- 街に出る
- go out into town
Memory tip
町 is the administrative town you live in; 街 is the built-up, lively streets you go out shopping in. In compounds it reads がい: 商店街, 住宅街, 地下街.
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