capital, capital city

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards) / Short for 東京都 (Tōkyō-to) the capital prefecture of Japan

(historical) an eastern capital

(historical) the capital of 東漢 (Tōkan, “Eastern Han”) or 後漢 (Gokan, “Later Han”), corresponds to modern Luoyang / (historical) the capital of 北宋 (Hokusō, “Northern Song”), corresponds to modern Kaifeng

(historical) Tonkin (northern region of Vietnam)

the east (compass point) / the Orient / an easterly (wind blowing from the east) / (sumo) higher-ranked wrestlers listed on the right of a banzuke / an Eastern Bloc country

(theater); (historical) a red-light district in Edo located east of Edo Castle (today in Fukagawa, Kōtō Ward) / (Buddhism) Short for 東本願寺 (Higashi Hongan-ji): a Buddhist temple in Kyoto

(obsolete) the east

(archaic) the east / (archaic) the lands east of the 都 (miyako, “imperial capital”)

a placename / a female given name / a surname