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Noun
1. hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential)See also 下町, See also 山手
Noun
2. Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds)See also 下町 したまち
Noun
3. place near the mountainsSee also 山手 やまて
Place
4. Yamanote
Wikipedia definition
5. Yamanote and ShitamachiYamanote and Shitamachi and Shitamachi are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace. While citizens once considered it as consisting of Hongo, Koishikawa, Ushigome, Yotsuya, Akasaka, Aoyama and Azabu in the Bunkyō, Shinjuku, and Minato wards, its size has however grown to include the Nakano, Suginami and Meguro wards.
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Other forms
山手 【やまのて】
Notes
山手: Irregular okurigana usage.

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