まち

See also: マッチ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of まち – see the following entries.

【町】1

[noun] a town, a city

[noun] a section of buildings

[noun] under the Jōbō system, a section of a castle town

[noun] chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

[noun] chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

[noun] a section of where someone lives

[noun] a market

[noun] a section of a town or city

[noun] a fortune-telling line or shape carved or drawn on the shell or bones of turtles or deer

[noun] the exterior of a red-light district

[noun] the interior of a red-light district

[noun] tax

[noun] a subdivision making up a city

[noun] the local government

[noun] (obsolete) a plot (of land)

[noun] (obsolete) a measure (of land)

[proper noun] a surname

[suffix] A Machi district; more detailed than 都, 道, 府, 県.

Alternative spelling
街

【街】4	[noun] Alternative spelling of 町

【待ち】	[verb] stem or continuative form of 待つ (matsu) [godan] [noun] (mahjong) wait; the set of tiles that would advance or complete a hand [suffix] waiting for something

【襠】H	[noun] gusset, gore, godet

(This term, まち (machi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as まち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as まち.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 区, 待, 祭.)