銀座

ぎんざ

Ginza (district in Tokyo)

Also:busy shopping district, silver mint (Edo period)

What does 銀座 mean?

銀座 is a Japanese noun meaning Ginza (district in Tokyo) in English. It can also be translated as busy shopping district, silver mint (Edo period) depending on context. It is written as 銀座 in kanji, ぎんざ in hiragana, and ginza in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

ニューヨークの五番街は銀座と比較される。

New York's Fifth Avenue is comparable to Ginza.