Joukamachi

城下町 (Joukamachi) is a Japanese noun meaning “castle town, city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord”.

Meanings

  1. nouncastle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

Examples

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

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 城下町

castlebelowtown

Related words

please (give me)townbelowunder (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.)to givecastleto come downsubordinate personhumble positionunskillfulin the prefectureto descend