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：2026/01/03
東
Hiragana
あずま / ひむがし
Noun
archaic
historical
regional
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
方角のひとつで、日が昇る方向。にしの反対側。 / 東方。一つの地域からみて、より東に位置する地域。 / 日本では、東京を中心とする地域を指すこともある。 / 古く、中国の東方に位置する国、日本の雅称として用いられたこともある。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ひがしのほう。むかしは、みやこからみてひがしのくにのこと。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
东方（古） / 都城以东的土地（古）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
東方；東邊 / （古）京師以東之地
Korean Meaning
동쪽 / 도읍(수도)의 동쪽 지방
Vietnamese Meaning
phương đông (cổ) / các vùng đất phía đông của kinh đô (cổ)
Tagalog Meaning
silangan (makaluma) / mga lupain sa silangan ng imperyal na kabisera (makaluma)
Sense（1）
(archaic) the east
Sense（2）
(archaic) the lands east of the 都 (miyako, “imperial capital”)
Sense（3）
(regional, historical) during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, the Kamakura region or its titular 幕府 (bakufu, “shogunate”), as opposed to the imperial capital of Kyoto
Sense（4）
(regional, historical) during the Edo period, the region around Edo
Sense（5）
Short for 東つ (azumatsu):
Sense（6）
Short for 東琴 (azumagoto): a six-stringed Japanese zither
Sense（7）
Short for 東下駄 (azumageta):
（ romanization ）
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana historical ）
（ hiragana ）
Quizzes for review
(archaic) the east / (archaic) the lands east of the 都 (miyako, “imperial capital”)
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東
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He was looking for the east on an ancient map.
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彼は古代の地図で東を探していた。
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