ちまた

Japanese
Alternative spellings
巷
衢
岐

Etymology

From 道(ち) (chi, “road”) + 股(また) (mata, “split”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちまた [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)
    巷(ちまた)で流行(はや)っている
    chimata de hayatteiru
    being in vogue among the people
    巷(ちまた)にあふれる
    chimata ni afureru
    commonplace

Derived terms
  • ちまたのかみ (chimata no kami)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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