東京
とうきょう
hepburn toukyou
Tokyo
Part of speech · proper noun
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東east
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京capital
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Examples
- 来月、東京へ行きます。Next month I will go to Tokyo.
- 東京の人口は多いですね。Tokyo's population is large.
Collocations
東京 (Toukyou, Tokyo)東京駅 (Toukyou-eki, Tokyo Station)首都 (shuto, capital)関東 (Kantou, Kanto region)都心 (toshin, city center)
Mnemonic
Toukyou (東京) is Japan's capital — 東 (east) + 京 (capital). Etymologically "Eastern Capital," renamed from Edo (江戸) at the 1868 Meiji Restoration. Paired with Kyoto (京都, 京 + 都 = capital city), the two anchor Japan's historical east-west centers. Pronunciation: to-u-kyo-u (4 mora) with two long vowels — English "Tokyo" drops the length markers. Compounds: Toukyou-eki (Tokyo Station, central terminal), Toukyou Tower, Toukyou-to (Tokyo Metropolis as an administrative unit). Shutoken (capital region) encompasses Tokyo plus six surrounding prefectures (Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma).
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