Keyword
east
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig543
Readings
とう
(45%)
Composed of
tree
sun
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a rising sun behind a tree, representing east.

Used in kanji (9 in total)
practice
frozen
temper
main pillar
Used in vocabulary (294 in total)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
east side; east bank
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
eastern part; the east (of a region)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
all times and places; all ages and countries
east, west, south and north
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
Asian people; Orientals
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
eastern gate
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
east entrance; east exit
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
northeastern part; the northeast
east end; eastern tip
Eastern Europe
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
eastern coast; east bank
southeastern part; the southeast
eastern expedition
east wind; spring wind
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
crown prince
East Asia; the Orient
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears
proceeding east
east longitude
East Germany (1949-1990); German Democratic Republic
Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou; Kwangchow; Canton (China)
north-northeast; north-north-east
whole district of Kanto
Tokyo Skytree; broadcasting tower with observation deck in Sumida ward, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
east-northeast; ENE
south-southeast; south-south-east
... and eastward; east of
eastern office (esp. police); eastern department
going to Tokyo; going east
easternmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
constantly eastward
Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
Cantonese (language)
Near and Middle East
the eastern sky
in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient
east-southeast; ESE
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
Guangdong Province (China); Canton; Kwangtung
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
Oriental country; the Orient
Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
old Kanto-area folk songs
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
Shandong Province (China)
Tokyo and Nagoya
East Indies; East India
going from west to east
ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Tokyo Trials; International Military Tribunal for the Far East; IMTFE
person from Tōhoku; Tōhokuite
east player; dealer
Oriental medicine; Eastern medicine
Tonghak (19th century Korean religious movement)
easternmost
eastward advance
man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
Eastern European countries
east face (e.g. of a building)
(former) Eastern Bloc countries
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
flowing east (e.g. of a river)
the eastern half
going east; heading eastward
Eastern philosophy; Asian philosophy
Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect
Asian history; Oriental history
Tokai earthquake (e.g. of 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854)
high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east
East Asia; the Orient
Mao Zedong thought; Maoist thought; Maoism
salmon (color, colour); pink with a yellow tinge; color of daybreak
Dongpo pork; Chinese pan-fried red-cooked pork squares
sailing east; eastbound
the Orient for the Orientals
returning to the East
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
Tōmi City (Nagano)
Eastern China
Oriental studies; Orientalism
eastern hemisphere; the Orient
East Indies; East India
eastern suburbs
facing the east; east face; east side; the east
not knowing one's bearings; being disorientated; itinerant monk; pilgrim
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
east round
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
travelling east (esp. to Edo) from Kyoto
quarter-length game consisting of east round only
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
eastern edge; east margin
Tōmi City (Nagano)
all times and places; everywhen and everywhere
northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
Tonghak Rebellion (of Korea; 1894)
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
Cantonese food; Cantonese cuisine
Eastern Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Later Han dynasty
early morning crowing of a rooster; brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)
Middle Easterner (person)
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
Eastern Time (US time zone)
northern Tohoku (usually Aomori, Iwate and Akita prefectures)
International Military Tribunal for the Far East; IMTFE; Tokyo Trials
Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)
Eastern Zhou dynasty (China, 771-256 BCE); Eastern Chou dynasty
pung (or kong) of east tiles when east is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)
Central and Eastern Europe
Eastern Jin dynasty (of China; 317-420 CE); Eastern Chin dynasty
moving (the capital) east
Tokyo dialect (esp. historical)
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
east wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles
eastern side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
southern Tohoku (usually Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures)
East Timor; Timor-Leste
going from west to east
northeasterly wind
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither
Eastern Jerusalem
south-southeast; south-south-east
north-northeast; north-north-east
Tonankai earthquake of 1944
Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka
esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect
returning to an eastern place (esp. from Kyoto to Tokyo)
east wind inclining towards the south
Tōon City (Ehime)
the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux
East Germany (1949-1990)
Higashiyama Station (Hokkaido)
Tōon City (Ehime)
epitome of Tokyo; miniature Tokyo
barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
Crown Prince's Palace
along the east coast; along the eastern seashore
Higashikagawa City (Kagawa)
Asian Russia
the pacific side of Japan; eastern sea; of or about Japan
eastward expansion; eastward enlargement
double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
the best men are from Edo; the best women from Kyoto
government of Tokyo Metropolis
Oriental orchid; orchid of Oriental origin
Azuma coat; type of coat worn over a kimono; popular in the middle of the Meiji era
not knowing one's way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do
Oriental (zoogeographical region)
Shinonome Station (Tokyo)
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
daybreak; dawn
Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan
Central and Eastern Europe
Little Tokyo; Japantown
Hawker's least shrew (Sorex minutissimus hawkeri)
Higashikagawa City (Kagawa)
small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma); mud skate; shark ray
Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)
Oriental orchid; orchid of Oriental origin
Eastern Standard Time (US)
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
(baseball) game between Waseda and Tokyo universities
taking pride in something mundane, thinking it is exceptional; (lit.) Liaodong boar
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Eastern Catholic Churches; Uniate Churches; Eastern-rite Catholic Churches
thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)
Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)
Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)
Manchukuo dialect; Greater East Asian dialect
toilet in a Zen monastery
toilet in a Zen temple
Northeast Passage (sea route along the north coast of Russia)
easterly wind (e.g. trade wind, polar easterlies)
Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE
eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)
first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring
Tokyo-style accent, widely used in Japan
polar easterlies; polar Hadley cells
Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II
Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market yen exchange rate
Eastern Wei dynasty (of China; 534-550)
Asian quarters (esp. in Brazil); Asian district
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Higashiyama Kōen Station (Nagoya)
Higashino Station
Kawahigashi Station
eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Daito flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis)
Azuma rhododendron (Rhododendron metternichii var.)
Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)
eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus); common mole
eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris); Australian grass owl
Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale; European beaked whale
Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale; European beaked whale
Asian particolored bat (Vespertilio sinensis)
Anemone raddeana (species of anemone flower)
Thunberg's fleabane (Erigeron thunbergii)
Examples (200 in total)
I have lived in Tokyo since 1985.
When did you come back from Tokyo?
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