N21565/1725

関かん東とう

nounnoun (generic)historical term

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かんとう

Meanings

Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures)
Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)

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Example sentences

関東かんとう地方ちほうは日本にほんで最もっとも人口じんこうが多おおい地域ちいきです。

The Kantō region is the most populous area in Japan.

関東かんとうに引ひっ越こしてから、もう三年さんねんが経たちました。

It has already been three years since I moved to Kantō.

彼女かのじょは関東かんとう出身しゅっしんですが、今いまは関西かんさいに住すんでいます。

She is from the Kantō region, but now she lives in Kansai.

関東かんとう地方ちほうでは今週末こんしゅうまつ、大雨おおあめが予想よそうされています。

Heavy rain is expected in the Kantō region this weekend.

江戸えど時代じだい、関東かんとうは徳川とくがわ幕府ばくふの支配下しはいかに置おかれていた。

During the Edo period, Kantō was under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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.)