N2150/1725

東とう洋よう

nounnoun (generic)dated term

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とうよう

Meanings

the East, the Orient, (East) Asia
Japan

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Example sentences

東洋とうようの文化ぶんかは西洋せいようとは大おおきく異ことなる。

Eastern culture differs greatly from Western culture.

彼女かのじょは東洋とうようの哲学てつがくに深ふかい関心かんしんを持もっている。

She has a deep interest in Eastern philosophy.

東洋とうよう医学いがくでは体からだ全体ぜんたいのバランスを重視じゅうしする。

Eastern medicine places great importance on the balance of the entire body.

この美術館びじゅつかんは東洋とうようと西洋せいようの芸術げいじゅつ作品さくひんを両方りょうほう展示てんじしている。

This art museum exhibits both Eastern and Western artworks.

近代化きんだいかの波なみは東洋とうようの伝統的でんとうてきな価値観かちかんに大おおきな影響えいきょうを与あたえた。

The wave of modernization had a great impact on the traditional values of the East.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)