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ひがし

obsolete readingnounnoun (generic)archaicabbreviationmahjongprefix

Reading

Meanings

  • east
  • eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara), eastern provinces
  • east
  • wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither(explanation)
  • my spouse
  • east wind tile
  • winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles
  • eastern, east
  • Tokyo

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Example sentences

ひがしはどこですか。

Where is east?

えきひがしにあります。

The station is to the east.

ひがしそらあかるいです。

The eastern sky is bright.

学校がっこうひがし公園こうえんがあります。

There is a park to the east of the school.

太陽たいようひがしからます。

The sun rises from the east.


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