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東ひがし

Kana ひがし Romaji higashi

JLPT N5 Common word

01

東 ひがし · higashi

JLPT N5 Common word ひむかし (out-dated or obsolete kana usage)、ひんがし (out-dated or obsolete kana usage)

01noun

east

Examples

名古屋は京都の東の方にある。

Nagoya is to the east of Kyoto.

Tatoeba #80804

月は東から上る。

The moon rises in the east.

Tatoeba #175628

風は東から吹いている。

The wind is blowing from the east.

Tatoeba #84008

02

東 あずま · azuma

JLPT N1 吾妻、吾嬬、あづま (out-dated or obsolete kana usage)

01noun

archaic

eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces

02noun

archaic

east

03noun

abbreviation

wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither

04noun

Only 吾妻、吾嬬

my spouse

03

東 トン · ton

01noun

mahjong

east wind tile

02noun

mahjong

winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles

04

東 とう · tou

01prefix

eastern; east

02noun

abbreviation

Tokyo

Source

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