WORD DETAIL
寺町
てらまち
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
寺町(てらまち) is a street or district where temples cluster. It appears as a traversed route and a whole containing a section. - Basic usage: Someone walks through a temple-lined quarter; a small teahouse stands in one corner.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Temple district traversed and neighborhood containing a shop
- Route-marking
をappears in寺町を歩く;寺町の一角is a whole-part relation. It is not one temple's name.
- Route-marking

