ちまた
Japanese
Alternative spellings |
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巷 衢 岐 |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ちまた [chìmátá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕima̠ta̠]
Noun
ちまた • (chimata) ←ちまた (timata)?
- fork in the road
- alley
- (figuratively) the "town" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議/街谈巷议)
- Synonym: (less common) 巷間 (kōkan)
- 巷で流行っている
- chimata de hayatteiru
- (please add an English translation of this example)
Derived terms
- ちまたのかみ (chimata no kami)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN