Underground Shopping Mall
Underground Shopping Center, Shopping Centre
noun
An underground (地下) street isn't as underground streety as it sounds. A lot of the underground streets and areas in Japan tend to be underground shopping malls, though. That or subways/trains, but underground shopping centers are way more interesting.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
雨だし、地下街行かない？
It's raining, wanna go to the underground mall?
ちょっくら地下街に行くところだよ。
I'm off to the underground shopping mall.
今日は地下街のカフェでゆっくりコーヒーを飲んだ。
Today, I relaxed with a coffee at a café in the underground shopping area.
僕は地下街の中で一度も天井を見上げないようにしているんだ。何故だか分かるかい？
I always make sure never to look up at the ceiling in the underground mall. Do you know why?