関東
See also: 關東
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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関 | 東 |
かん Grade: 4 | とう Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
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關東 (kyūjitai) |
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関東 (Kantō): the Kantō region in Japan
Etymology
- “geographical region of eastern Japan”
- Literally “east of 箱根の関 (Hakone-no-seki, “tollgate of Mount Hakone”)”. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- “shogunate”
- As the region was the center of power from the Kamakura to Edo periods.
- “area to the east of Hangu or Shanhai Pass”
- Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 關東 (Guāndōng).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) かんとー [káꜜǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [kã̠nto̞ː]
Proper noun
関東 • (Kantō) ←くわんとう (Kwantou)? (kyūjitai 關東)
- Short for 関東地方 (Kantō-chihō): A geographical region in eastern Japan that includes the capital city of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures
- (historical) the area east of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) or later, east of 箱根の関 (Hakone-no-seki, “tollgate of Mount Hakone”)
- (archaic) the area to the east of 函谷関 (Kankoku-kan, “Hangu Pass”)
- (archaic) the area to the east of 山海関 (Sankai-kan, “Shanhai Pass”)
- a surname
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 関東管領 (Kantō kanrei)
- 関東郡代 (Kantō gundai)
- 関東御領 (Kantō goryō)
- 関東炊き (Kantō-daki)
- 関東煮 (Kantō-ni)
- 関東府 (Kantō-fu)
- 関東平野 (Kantō heiya)
Descendants
- Russian: Канто́ n or m (Kantó)
See also
- 関左 (Kansa)
- 関西 (Kansai)
Noun
関東 • (Kantō) ←くわんとう (Kwantou)? (kyūjitai 關東)
- (historical, colloquial) the shogunate
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN