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I'm aware that 下町 means downtown, and è·人é‚ means craftsmanship, but what does it mean when the two are brought together?
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"下町è·人é‚" has implicit "ã®" as in "下町ã®è·人é‚", the rest should be same as other words that has "ã®" particle.
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"下町è·人é‚" has implicit "ã®" as in "下町ã®è·人é‚", the rest should be same as other words that has "ã®" particle.
– Tetsuya Yamamoto
11 hours ago
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"下町è·人é‚" has implicit "ã®" as in "下町ã®è·人é‚", the rest should be same as other words that has "ã®" particle.
– Tetsuya Yamamoto
11 hours ago
"下町è·人é‚" has implicit "ã®" as in "下町ã®è·人é‚", the rest should be same as other words that has "ã®" particle.
– Tetsuya Yamamoto
11 hours ago
"下町è·人é‚" has implicit "ã®" as in "下町ã®è·人é‚", the rest should be same as other words that has "ã®" particle.
– Tetsuya Yamamoto
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è·人é‚ is simply "soul/pride of a craftsman" or "craftsmanship", but I think interpreting 下町 as "downtown" is misleading. 下町 refers to the following concept described in Wikipedia:
Yamanote and Shitamachi
Shitamachi is the traditional name for the area of Tokyo including today the Adachi, Arakawa, Chiyoda (in part), ChÅ«ÅÂ, Edogawa, KÃ…ÂtÃ…Â, Sumida, and TaitÃ…Â wards, the physically low part of the city along and east of the Sumida River.
Generally speaking, the term Yamanote has a connotation of "distant and cold, if rich and trendy", whereas "Shitamachi people are deemed honest, forthright and reliable".
Shitamachi is associated with petty entrepreneurs, restaurant owners, small shop-owners and workshops, while Yamanote suggests the business executive, and the office worker.
After a long period of post-war economic decline, in the 1980s a "Shitamachi boom" emerged, with increased interest in and celebration of Shitamachi culture and history, in particular during the Edo period. Shitamachi culture is thus depicted as more authentic and traditional (while Yamanote Tokyo is the present and future), and its valorisation has been described as a refuge from the rapid modernisation of the economic boom years.
So, 下町è·人é‚ is an opposing concept of the automated, highly-standardized, mass-production industry which is sometimes seen as inhumane. A stereotyped 下町è·人 works at a smaller workshop and relies more on things like humanity, traditional apprenticeship, so-called monozukuri spirit, manual work and individual skills. It is widely believed that some 下町 workers are able to make very high-quality products (even better than those of large companies) owing to their sincerity and individual skills.
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A better way to understand that phrase is 下町+è·人+é‚. As you said, 下町 means downtown/old town, è·人 means craftsman and é‚ means spirit/soul. So, putting them all together, you get something along the lines of the old town craftsman spirit. I imagine this is talking about some unique characteristics of the craftsmen who work in the old town.
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è·人é‚ is simply "soul/pride of a craftsman" or "craftsmanship", but I think interpreting 下町 as "downtown" is misleading. 下町 refers to the following concept described in Wikipedia:
Yamanote and Shitamachi
Shitamachi is the traditional name for the area of Tokyo including today the Adachi, Arakawa, Chiyoda (in part), ChÅ«ÅÂ, Edogawa, KÃ…ÂtÃ…Â, Sumida, and TaitÃ…Â wards, the physically low part of the city along and east of the Sumida River.
Generally speaking, the term Yamanote has a connotation of "distant and cold, if rich and trendy", whereas "Shitamachi people are deemed honest, forthright and reliable".
Shitamachi is associated with petty entrepreneurs, restaurant owners, small shop-owners and workshops, while Yamanote suggests the business executive, and the office worker.
After a long period of post-war economic decline, in the 1980s a "Shitamachi boom" emerged, with increased interest in and celebration of Shitamachi culture and history, in particular during the Edo period. Shitamachi culture is thus depicted as more authentic and traditional (while Yamanote Tokyo is the present and future), and its valorisation has been described as a refuge from the rapid modernisation of the economic boom years.
So, 下町è·人é‚ is an opposing concept of the automated, highly-standardized, mass-production industry which is sometimes seen as inhumane. A stereotyped 下町è·人 works at a smaller workshop and relies more on things like humanity, traditional apprenticeship, so-called monozukuri spirit, manual work and individual skills. It is widely believed that some 下町 workers are able to make very high-quality products (even better than those of large companies) owing to their sincerity and individual skills.
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è·人é‚ is simply "soul/pride of a craftsman" or "craftsmanship", but I think interpreting 下町 as "downtown" is misleading. 下町 refers to the following concept described in Wikipedia:
Yamanote and Shitamachi
Shitamachi is the traditional name for the area of Tokyo including today the Adachi, Arakawa, Chiyoda (in part), ChÅ«ÅÂ, Edogawa, KÃ…ÂtÃ…Â, Sumida, and TaitÃ…Â wards, the physically low part of the city along and east of the Sumida River.
Generally speaking, the term Yamanote has a connotation of "distant and cold, if rich and trendy", whereas "Shitamachi people are deemed honest, forthright and reliable".
Shitamachi is associated with petty entrepreneurs, restaurant owners, small shop-owners and workshops, while Yamanote suggests the business executive, and the office worker.
After a long period of post-war economic decline, in the 1980s a "Shitamachi boom" emerged, with increased interest in and celebration of Shitamachi culture and history, in particular during the Edo period. Shitamachi culture is thus depicted as more authentic and traditional (while Yamanote Tokyo is the present and future), and its valorisation has been described as a refuge from the rapid modernisation of the economic boom years.
So, 下町è·人é‚ is an opposing concept of the automated, highly-standardized, mass-production industry which is sometimes seen as inhumane. A stereotyped 下町è·人 works at a smaller workshop and relies more on things like humanity, traditional apprenticeship, so-called monozukuri spirit, manual work and individual skills. It is widely believed that some 下町 workers are able to make very high-quality products (even better than those of large companies) owing to their sincerity and individual skills.
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è·人é‚ is simply "soul/pride of a craftsman" or "craftsmanship", but I think interpreting 下町 as "downtown" is misleading. 下町 refers to the following concept described in Wikipedia:
Yamanote and Shitamachi
Shitamachi is the traditional name for the area of Tokyo including today the Adachi, Arakawa, Chiyoda (in part), ChÅ«ÅÂ, Edogawa, KÃ…ÂtÃ…Â, Sumida, and TaitÃ…Â wards, the physically low part of the city along and east of the Sumida River.
Generally speaking, the term Yamanote has a connotation of "distant and cold, if rich and trendy", whereas "Shitamachi people are deemed honest, forthright and reliable".
Shitamachi is associated with petty entrepreneurs, restaurant owners, small shop-owners and workshops, while Yamanote suggests the business executive, and the office worker.
After a long period of post-war economic decline, in the 1980s a "Shitamachi boom" emerged, with increased interest in and celebration of Shitamachi culture and history, in particular during the Edo period. Shitamachi culture is thus depicted as more authentic and traditional (while Yamanote Tokyo is the present and future), and its valorisation has been described as a refuge from the rapid modernisation of the economic boom years.
So, 下町è·人é‚ is an opposing concept of the automated, highly-standardized, mass-production industry which is sometimes seen as inhumane. A stereotyped 下町è·人 works at a smaller workshop and relies more on things like humanity, traditional apprenticeship, so-called monozukuri spirit, manual work and individual skills. It is widely believed that some 下町 workers are able to make very high-quality products (even better than those of large companies) owing to their sincerity and individual skills.
answered 5 hours ago
naruto
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è·人é‚ is simply "soul/pride of a craftsman" or "craftsmanship", but I think interpreting 下町 as "downtown" is misleading. 下町 refers to the following concept described in Wikipedia:
Yamanote and Shitamachi
Shitamachi is the traditional name for the area of Tokyo including today the Adachi, Arakawa, Chiyoda (in part), ChÅ«ÅÂ, Edogawa, KÃ…ÂtÃ…Â, Sumida, and TaitÃ…Â wards, the physically low part of the city along and east of the Sumida River.
Generally speaking, the term Yamanote has a connotation of "distant and cold, if rich and trendy", whereas "Shitamachi people are deemed honest, forthright and reliable".
Shitamachi is associated with petty entrepreneurs, restaurant owners, small shop-owners and workshops, while Yamanote suggests the business executive, and the office worker.
After a long period of post-war economic decline, in the 1980s a "Shitamachi boom" emerged, with increased interest in and celebration of Shitamachi culture and history, in particular during the Edo period. Shitamachi culture is thus depicted as more authentic and traditional (while Yamanote Tokyo is the present and future), and its valorisation has been described as a refuge from the rapid modernisation of the economic boom years.
So, 下町è·人é‚ is an opposing concept of the automated, highly-standardized, mass-production industry which is sometimes seen as inhumane. A stereotyped 下町è·人 works at a smaller workshop and relies more on things like humanity, traditional apprenticeship, so-called monozukuri spirit, manual work and individual skills. It is widely believed that some 下町 workers are able to make very high-quality products (even better than those of large companies) owing to their sincerity and individual skills.
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A better way to understand that phrase is 下町+è·人+é‚. As you said, 下町 means downtown/old town, è·人 means craftsman and é‚ means spirit/soul. So, putting them all together, you get something along the lines of the old town craftsman spirit. I imagine this is talking about some unique characteristics of the craftsmen who work in the old town.
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A better way to understand that phrase is 下町+è·人+é‚. As you said, 下町 means downtown/old town, è·人 means craftsman and é‚ means spirit/soul. So, putting them all together, you get something along the lines of the old town craftsman spirit. I imagine this is talking about some unique characteristics of the craftsmen who work in the old town.
answered 11 hours ago
Ringil
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A better way to understand that phrase is 下町+è·人+é‚. As you said, 下町 means downtown/old town, è·人 means craftsman and é‚ means spirit/soul. So, putting them all together, you get something along the lines of the old town craftsman spirit. I imagine this is talking about some unique characteristics of the craftsmen who work in the old town.
answered 11 hours ago
Ringil
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A better way to understand that phrase is 下町+è·人+é‚. As you said, 下町 means downtown/old town, è·人 means craftsman and é‚ means spirit/soul. So, putting them all together, you get something along the lines of the old town craftsman spirit. I imagine this is talking about some unique characteristics of the craftsmen who work in the old town.
answered 11 hours ago
Ringil
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answered 11 hours ago
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answered 11 hours ago
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"下町è·人é‚" has implicit "ã®" as in "下町ã®è·人é‚", the rest should be same as other words that has "ã®" particle.
– Tetsuya Yamamoto
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