low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.), Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
町村【ちょうそん】
towns and villages
町民【ちょうみん】
townspeople
町並み【まちなみ】
townscape, street (of stores and houses), (look of) stores and houses on street
町議会【ちょうぎかい】
town council
室町【むろまち】
Muromachi period (1336-1573)
町役場【まちやくば】
town hall
町中【まちなか】
downtown
城下町【じょうかまち】
castle town, city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
町工場【まちこうば】
small factory in town, (small) backstreet workshop
町会【ちょうかい】
town council
町人【ちょうにん】
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants), townspeople, townsfolk, tradespeople
小町【こまち】
belle, (town) beauty
町奉行【まちぶぎょう】
(Edo-period) town magistrate
町名【ちょうめい】
name of a town, name of a street, name of a neighborhood
門前町【もんぜんまち】
town originally built around a temple or shrine
町家【まちや】
machiya, traditional wooden townhouse, tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front), merchant's house, merchant's family
