[やまのて, yamanote](n) (1) (See 下町, 山手・やまて) hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, inc. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); (2) (See 山手・やまて・1) place near the mountains[Add to Longdo]