Meanings

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)

fishing village

port city

cities and towns

cities, towns and villages

belle

castle town

machiya

town mayor

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants)

townsman

towns and villages

outskirts (of a town)

hectare (2.471 acres)

town council

neighborhood

the same town

Chinatown

inferior

downtown style