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東: east

東ひがし higashi

east
JLPT N5Nature & weather

東あずま azuma

eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
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Example sentences

The sun rises in the east.

Rice cultivation began first in northern Kyushu and gradually spread eastward.

From the lesson 縄文時代の終わりと弥生時代

Over several hundred years, rice farming gradually spread east.

From the lesson 稲作のはじまり

The god said, “Worship me on the mountain in the east of Yamato.”

From the lesson 国づくりと少名毘古那

The two talked it over: “Where should we live to rule the land well? Let us go east.”

From the lesson 神武天皇の東征

This journey east is called Jinmu tōsei, “Jinmu’s eastern expedition.”

From the lesson 神武天皇の東征

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