まちおこし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
町興し 町起こし 町起し 町おこし

Etymology

From 町(まち) (machi) + 興(おこ)し (okoshi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕio̞ko̞ɕi]

Noun

まちおこし • (machi-okoshi) 

1. revitalization of a town (or city)

Hypernyms

• 地域興(ちいきおこ)し (chiiki-okoshi, “revitalization of a region”)
• 再興(さいこう) (saikō, “revitalization”)

Coordinate terms

• 村興(むらおこ)し (mura-okoshi, “revitalization of a village”)