ちまた

Japanese

Alternative spellings


Etymology

From () (chi, road) + (また) (mata, split).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) また [chìmátá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕima̠ta̠]

Noun

ちまた (chimata) ちまた (timata)?

  1. fork in the road
  2. alley
  3. (figuratively) the "town" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議街谈巷议)
    Synonym: (less common) 巷間 (kōkan)
    (ちまた)流行(はや)ている
    chimata de hayatteiru
    being in vogue among the people
    (ちまた)あふれる
    chimata ni afureru
    commonplace

Derived terms

  • ちまたのかみ (chimata no kami)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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