[したまち, shitamachi](n) (See 山の手・1) low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, inc. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds); (P)#13059[Add to Longdo]
[まちいしゃ, machiisha](n) (1) physician in private practice (practise); (2) (arch) town doctor; doctor who served the the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)[Add to Longdo]
[まちや;ちょうか(町家), machiya ; chouka ( machi ie )](n) (1) townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; (2) tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family[Add to Longdo]