木屋町
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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木 | 屋 | 町 |
き Grade: 1 |
や Grade: 3 |
まち Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 木屋 (kiya, “lumber shed; lumber seller”) + 町 (machi, “town; district”). So named for the number of lumber sellers in that part of Kyōto in the early Edo period.[1] Now known for 旅館 (ryokan, “inns”) and 料亭 (ryōtei, “high-end restaurants”).
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Derived terms edit
- 木屋町通り (Kiyamachi-dōri, “Kiyamachi Street”)
References edit
- ^ “木屋町”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000