N1Suffix

📍Places & Locations

～街～がい

～gai

town / district / area in compounds (e.g. 商店街[しょうてんがい] = shopping street)

Start learning for free

Example sentence

彼の家は４番街のあたりにある。

His house is somewhere about Fourth Street.

Sentence from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR

Kanji in ～街

boulevard, street, town

Sentences with ～街

Log in to see 3 more example sentences with ～街, with furigana and audio.

Sign up for free Log in

Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
街	N3	まち	まちtown / city area / neighborhood (general word; e.g. 街[まち]を歩く[あるく] = walk around town)
街角	N2	まちかど	まちかどstreet corner
街道	N1	かいどう	かいどうhighway
街頭	N1	がいとう	がいとうin the street

More Places & Locations words

Word	Reading	Meaning
市場	しじょう	しじょう(the) market (as a concept)
地獄	じごく	じごくhell
現地	げんち	げんちactual place, local
コーナー	コーナー	コーナーcorner
実家	じっか	じっか(one's parents') home
背後	はいご	はいごback, rear
浜	はま	はまbeach, seashore
日向	ひなた	ひなたsunny place, in the sun

Learn them with Nihondex

Spaced repetition, mnemonics and quizzes, from N5 to N1. Free to start.

Start learning for free