街角

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 街角(まちかど) means a street corner or a spot along a street.
• Basic usage: It describes the location of a small shop or a street scene in a photograph.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading 角
  • The latter part of 街角 is かど, meaning corner, rather than つの, meaning an animal's horn.
• Linking a location with の
  • 街角の花屋 means a flower shop on a street corner.