まちづくり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
街づくり (uncommon) 町づくり (uncommon)

Etymology

From まち (machi) + つくり (tsukuri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb つくる (tsukuru).”). The tsukuri changes to zukuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕizɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

まちづくり • (machizukuri)

development / planning of a locality

Related terms

まちおこし (machi-okoshi)