Practice JLPTMeaning
町外れ (まちはずれ, machihazure) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “outskirts of town”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
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.
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.
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。
As a monk Ingakoji was staying in Azuchi at the time, Nobunaga added him as the judge and let them debate in the main hall of Jogon-in Temple, which was a Jodoshu sect temple located outside the town of Azuchi.
そこは東京の町外れだ The place lies on the outskirts of Tokyo.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 visit a friend staying in a hotel
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.