Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 城下町(じょうかまち) in Japanese

城下町
Kana Reading
じょうかまち
Romaji
jōkamachi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    castle town; town around castle
    Example sentence
    彼は農夫に身をやつして城下町に潜入した。 Disguising himself as a peasant he crept into the castle town.

Examples of 城下町, じょうかまち in a sentence

  • 彼は農夫に身をやつして城下町に潜入した。

    Disguising himself as a peasant he crept into the castle town.

Kanji in this word

城 JLPT 2

9 strokes

castle

On'Yomi: ジョウ

Kun'Yomi: しろ

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町 JLPT 4

7 strokes

town, village, block, street

On'Yomi: チョウ

Kun'Yomi: まち

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下 JLPT 5

3 strokes

below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

On'Yomi: カ, ゲ

Kun'Yomi: した, しも, もと, さ.げる, さ.がる, くだ.る, くだ.り, くだ.す, -くだ.す, くだ.さる, お.ろす, お.りる

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