sponsors of rikishi or their stables
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
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)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
town girl; girl raised in a town
Muromachi period (1336-1573)
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
port city; harbor city; harbour city
inn town; post town; post-station town
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
(Edo-period) town magistrate
machiya; traditional wooden townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
back street; back alley; slums
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant; popular no-frills Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
physician in private practice; town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)
town originally built around a temple or shrine
group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex
martial arts school situated in a town
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
senior town administrator (Edo period)
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
street with houses lined up only on one side
machi-yakko; vigilantes who wore flamboyant clothing and formed gangs to fight against hatamoto-yakko (Edo period)
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
town that developed around a market; market town
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
public bath located in a city or town
town that developed in front of a Shinto shrine's torii; town originally built around a Shinto shrine
assisting town official (Edo period)
town map (Edo period); map of neighborhoods
Machimura Faction (of the LDP)
street festival; street fair
important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders
tori-no-machi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)