町ちょう
Meanings
Noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
esp. 町
This was our town.
2. street; road
3. chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
when read as "ちょう"
4. chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
when read as "ちょう"
Kanji used
town
Pitch accent
ちょ
う
Used in vocabulary (42 in total)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
Examples (200 in total)
Did you come to town?
The town slept.
What a large town!
Welcome to the town of Westhampton.
Why did you go to the city?
I want to get out of this town.
Please don't leave town.
The enemy approaches the town.
The city was blanketed with snow.
How do you like this town?
I left this town.
I grew up in a very small town.
I have returned to the town of beginnings.
The train approached the town.
It is a town that looks like a picture book.
Let's drive violence out of our town.
The enemy attacked the town.
Is this your first visit to this town?
He is known to everyone in the town.
This is my city now.
I love my city.
Towns are larger than villages.
This is a gorgeous town.
I was born in a small town.
Does she work in this city?
Thanks for saving the town.
Once I've finished eating, I'll head towards town!
I've lived in this town since 1960.
Please come to our town some day.
I love this town.
It's difficult to live in this city.
His son was lost in the town.
He showed me around the city.
He disappeared from this town.
The river runs through the town.
Roads are narrow in this town.
A curious disease struck the town.
This is a really beautiful city!
You will soon come to like this town.
I went shopping in town today.
Is this the first time that you have come to this town?
There is a library in our city.
A storm was approaching our town.
Life in a small town is boring.
The town is famous for its hot spring.
He is from this town.
In towns, speed is limited to 50 km/h.
The population of the town was wiped out.
A new research institute opened in town.
There is a market in the town.
That is the main street of this city.
A plane is flying above the city.
We could see the lights of the town in the distance.
He runs a supermarket in the town.
All the houses in town were empty.
The city has a large population.
This town is increasing in population.
The town fell into ruin.
The man got away from the city.
It is often said that Osaka is a city of commerce.
The boy was wandering about the town.
The army blocked the roads to the city.
The two towns are separated by a river.
He was out of town last week.
Is your school in this town?
I didn't know that you were in this town.
He knows the city well.
His name is known to everyone in the town.
I wandered around town wherever my feet took me.
There is a castle in my town.
The town was destroyed during the war.
This dog is the biggest in this town.
People in the town came to help him.
I gave her a lift to town.
My town is surrounded by tall mountains.
There is an old church in this town.
He will never visit the town again.
My mother went to town to buy some bread.
Please buy some thread in town and bring it back.
What's the difference between a village and a town?
I visited the town where the movie was set.
The town has beautiful surroundings.
As soon as he graduated, he left town.
There are many parks in our town.
The two rivers join in this town.
The town grew into a city.
They left the town an hour ago.
There is a library in every city in the United States.
The town has altered a lot in the last two years.
I visited the town for the first time in a long time.
Two towns face each other across the river.
Our office is located in the center of the town.
This town's way of thinking is rotten.
In other areas of the city, fighting continued.
I live in a town, but my parents live in the country.
How long have you been in this town?
The town in which I live is rather small.
I'd like to walk around the streets of Kyoto in a kimono.
We lost sight of the tower as we entered the town.
I will live in this town starting from the new year.
I am familiar with this part of town.
The river supplies cities and villages with water.
It was a Sunday afternoon and the town was bristling with people.
How many schools are there in your city?
Do you know the town where he was born?
The commotion died down and the town regained its calm.
The town festival is this coming Sunday.
Let's take this opportunity to look around town.
That man controls the town's economy.
In ten years our town will change a lot.
His name is known to everyone in this town.
I wonder why it is located in a place so far away from town.
He has a few friends in this town.
There are many tall buildings in that town.
The place where he lives is far from town.
It seems a long way from here to the town.
I hear that store is in the center of the city.
In this town, he is called the god of cooking.
It's bigger than any other dog in this town.
All the guys with nothing to do have gone into town.
I love this town, especially in the spring.
The town is famous for its old castle.
The old church stands north of the town.
I wonder if it will snow in our town this winter.
We have lived in this town since 1960.
I'll look up the location of the town on my map.
Children in the town were taken away for safety.
The village is connected with our town by a bridge.
When I went back after a long time, the town had completely changed.
The spirit of the craftsmen still lives on in this town.
I, too, have already formed a bond with this town.
I walked up to the gate that led outside the town.
Is there a culture of playing in the sea in this town?
Let's go by bus to see more of the city.
From the hill, we could see all the buildings in the city.
During the war, bombs were dropped on this town too.
He was acquainted with everybody in town.
He has a good reputation as a doctor in the town.
Isn't it hard to remember the streets in Kyoto?
This hotel is relatively expensive for this town.
He was so kind as to show me around the town.
We've lived in this town for three years.
They fled the town after the earthquake.
I went into the town in search of a good restaurant.
I was convinced that this town was uninhabited.
The town will change in another ten years.
In some cases, an entire town could disappear.
The town has a European air.
That town was the most suitable base for the adventure.
The town lies just above London.
They will contribute greatly to the growth of the town.
I think it was probably the poorest in town.
How about expanding the town in this direction?
The new shop is the focus of the townspeople's interest.
We came here to build a new town.
This town is quite different from what it was ten years ago.
My wife remembered having been in the town before.
There was an old castle to the east of the town.
My ex-husband no longer lives in this city.
One out of three people in this city owns a car.
I regarded him as the best doctor in town.
Then I met your father and we moved to the town.
On his birthday, I took a train to the town in which he lived.
Our city is known for its beauty all over the world.
He left the town and was never seen again.
It is our duty to keep our town clean.
After three months, he got used to the life in the town.
Some parts of this city are very ugly.
I hear that after the greetings, the two of them are going to look around the town.
Truly, there was no longer a single person to be seen in the town.
Being alone in an unfamiliar town makes me feel uneasy.
He was elected an official by the inhabitants of this town.
Every year, spring brings warm weather to our town.
This is the first time I've seen a group with this kind of combination in this town.
They walked as far as the next town in an hour.
We arrived at the city, where we stayed for a week.
The town is two miles away from the coast.
He is richer than anyone else in this town.
This is the only road to the next town.
We believe there was an accident at the corner two days ago.
Relative to its population, this town has a lot of doctors.
It is to inspect the villages and towns along the highway.
After the battle they delivered the town to the enemy.
Her father never let her go to town with her friends.
We've decided to leave this town tomorrow morning.
This picture always reminds me of my hometown.
That factory is pretty far from the town center.
This country road leads to a small town ten miles away.
Before automobiles filled out streets, city air used to be clean.
I am going to leave the town that I once hated but now love.
Depending on the town, there are places that close their gates at night.
On arriving in the town, he went straight to see her.
This town can be unsafe so please don't leave the hotel at night.
Never in my life have I thought of leaving the town.
I look forward to seeing you on my next trip to your city.
This town may have developed by specializing in sweets.
I am looking forward to seeing you in this town.
There on the top of a high mountain they built a small town of their own and lived in peace.
Chris cannot control his passion for the lovely new girl in town.
According to today's paper, there was a fire in this town last night.