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：2026/01/04
都
Hiragana
みやこ
Noun
archaic
broadly
abbreviation
alt-of
colloquial
Japanese Meaning
(古語) 皇帝の居住地 / (広義) 首都 / (広義) 首都 (指定された分野で最も重要な都市)
Easy Japanese Meaning
くにのちゅうしんになるおおきなまち。むかしはてんのうがすむところ。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
皇帝居住之地（古） / 首都 / 某领域中最重要的城市
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
皇帝居住之所；京師（古） / 首都；都城 / （引申）某領域的中心城市
Korean Meaning
(옛) 임금이 사는 도읍 / 수도 / (비유) 어떤 분야에서 가장 중요한 도시
Vietnamese Meaning
nơi ngự của hoàng đế (xưa) / kinh đô; thủ đô / kinh đô/thủ phủ của một lĩnh vực
Tagalog Meaning
(makaluma) tirahan ng emperador / kabisera / pangunahing sentro ng isang larangan
Sense（1）
(by extension) a capital (most important city in the field specified)
Sense（2）
(shogi, colloquial) Short for 都詰め (miyakozume): moving the 王将 (ōshō)/玉将 (gyokushō, “king”) to the center of the board with other pieces close together
Sense（3）
(archaic) the place of residence of the emperor
Sense（4）
(by extension) a capital city
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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(archaic) the place of residence of the emperor / (by extension) a capital city / (by extension) a capital (most important city in the field specified)
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In history class, the teacher explained that the term once meant the emperor's residence.
In history class, the teacher explained that the term once meant the emperor's residence.
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歴史の授業で先生は、都はかつて天皇の住まいを意味していたと説明した。
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