Meaning
町外れ (まちはずれ, machihazure) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “outskirts of town”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
彼女は町外れの工場で働いているよ。
She's working in a factory on the outskirts of town.
そこは東京の町外れだ
The place lies on the outskirts of Tokyo.
農業試験場は町外れにある.
The agricultural experimental station is on the outskirts [edge] of the town.
私達は町外れに小さなホテルに泊まった。
We put up at a small hotel on the edge of the town.
私たちは町はずれの小さなホテルに泊まった。
We put up at a small hotel just on the edge of the town.
私たちは町外れのホテルに滞在している友達を訪ねた。
We visited friends staying in hotel on the edge of town.
私たちは町外れのホテルに滞在している友達を訪ねる。
We will visit friends staying at a hotel on the outskirts of town.
また道祖神信仰と結びつき、町外れや辻に「町の結界の守護神」として建てられることも多い。
Additionally, it was combined with the faith for Doso-shin (Japanese Shinto deity), so many statues were built as 'guardian deities of the barriers of town' outside of towns or on streets.
そして折り良く因果居士（いんがこじ）が安土に来ていたので、彼も審判に加えて、安土の町外れにある浄土宗の寺浄厳院の仏殿において宗論を行った。
Since Inga-koji happened to be in Azuchi at the time, he was also added as a judge, and a doctrinal debate was held in the main hall of Jogon-in, a Jodo sect temple on the outskirts of the town of Azuchi.