ちまた

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
巷
衢
岐

Etymology

From 道(ち) (chi, “road”) + 股(また) (mata, “split”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ちまた • (chimata) ←ちまた (timata)?

  1. fork in the road
  2. alley
  3. (figuratively) the "town" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議／街谈巷议)
    Synonym: (less common) 巷間 (kōkan)
    巷(ちまた)で流行(はや)っている
    chimata de hayatteiru
    being in vogue among the people
    巷(ちまた)にあふれる
    chimata ni afureru
    commonplace

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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