かんとう
Meanings
Noun
1. Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures
2. Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Kanji used
connected to
east
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923