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{{nihongo|'''Shitamachi'''|下町||literally "low city"}} is the traditional name for the area of ] going from ] to ] and ], the physically low part of the city next to, and particularly east of, the Sumida river. The term is used in phrases such as {{nihongo|''shitamachi kotoba''|下町言葉||working-class accent}}, {{nihongo|''shitamachifū''|下町風||downtown style}}, and {{nihongo|''shitamachi jōcho''|下町情緒||friendly atmosphere of working-class neighborhoods}}. "''Shitamachi''" in modern Japanese is used to refer to any ] region, in comparison to "'']''" which is "]". |
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{{nihongo|'''Yamanote'''|山の手||literally "hand of the mountain"}}, is the traditional name for the affluent, upper-class areas of ] west of the Imperial Palace, especially ] and ]. The area's name, which in Japanese means "hand of the mountain", comes from the fact that it lies on the slopes of the ] ending after ] and the ]. Both the ] and ] (or ]) take their name from the region because they cross it. In addition, the term {{nihongo|''yamanote kotoba''|山の手言葉}} meaning "the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo" takes its name from the region. "''Yamanote''" in modern Japanese refers to any hilly residential region of a city or its ] region, in comparison to "'']''" which is generally the ] region. |
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==References== |
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==References== |
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* New York: ]. 10-ISBN 0-394-50730-4; 13-ISBN 978-0-394-50730-9 (cloth) ], Tokyo, 1984. 10-ISBN 4-805-30494-4; 13-ISBN 978-4-805-30494-5 (paper)] ], Cambridge, 1991. 10-ISBN 0-674-53939-7; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-53939-6 (paper)] |
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* New York: ]. 10-ISBN 0-394-50730-4; 13-ISBN 978-0-394-50730-9 (cloth) ], Tokyo, 1984. 10-ISBN 4-805-30494-4; 13-ISBN 978-4-805-30494-5 (paper)] ], Cambridge, 1991. 10-ISBN 0-674-53939-7; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-53939-6 (paper)] |
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* Iwanami {{nihongo|]|広辞苑}} Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version |
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* Iwanami {{nihongo|]|広辞苑}} Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version |
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== External links== |
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* site in English |
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* site in Japanese |
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