巷(P);岐(oK);衢(oK) [ちまた] /(n) (1) the public/the street (e.g. "word on the street")/(n) (2) street/district/quarters/(n) (3) location (e.g. of a battle)/scene (e.g. of carnage)/(n) (4) divide (e.g. between life and death)/(n) (5) (orig. meaning) fork (in a road)/crossroads/(P)/EntL1278350/