下町

したまち

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)

JLPT N2 Common word

Meanings

Noun
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)

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは下町したまちで生うまれ育そだった。

She was born and brought up on the backstreets.
ここはしがない下町したまちの店みせです。

This is but a humble downtown store.
ディッケンズの考かんがえが、ロンドンの下町したまちの生いき生いきした描写びょうしゃと共ともに読者どくしゃには伝つたわる。

Dickens' thoughts come across along with the vivid depiction of old London.