Keyword
east
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig543
Readings
とう
(47%)
Composed of
tree
sun
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a rising sun behind a tree, representing east.

Used in kanji (9 in total)
practice
frozen
temper
main pillar
Used in vocabulary (601 in total)
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Examples (200 in total)
Let's go east.
The eastern sky is enveloped in light.
Both my older brother and my older sister live in Tokyo.
It has to arrive in Tokyo by tomorrow.
I've decided to settle down in Tokyo.
I think it's a bit different from schools in Tokyo.
Going to Tokyo is probably not that easy.
There was an engagement in Tokyo that I absolutely could not cancel.
This novel is set in Tokyo.
Since you're coming to Tokyo in the fall, can I hope that we'll be able to meet?
The 7th tournament was held in Tokyo.
I became the representative for Tokyo.
I'm on my way to Tokyo by train.
That side is east, and this side is west.
I'd like to visit this place called Tokyo at least once.
The train is moving east.
There are twenty-three wards in Tokyo.
Thinking so, I started walking toward the east.
Ignoring my mother's objections, I moved to Tokyo.
When I was ten, my family moved to Tokyo.
I moved to Tokyo three years ago.
Ever since graduating from university, I've lived in Tokyo.
Since coming to Tokyo, I haven't been back to my parents' home once.
It's roughly five hundred kilometers from Tokyo to Osaka.
If I'm going to do it anyway, I'd better buy it while I'm in Tokyo.
Then it's Kanto-style, isn't it?
The heat has returned to the Kanto region.
It stands out no matter where you look from in the Kanto region.
It is raining all day in the Kanto region today as well.
I took the Hikari train to Tokyo.
Osaka is a major city second only to Tokyo.
What time was the last train to Tokyo again?
A car show will be held in Tokyo this weekend.
That place is right in the center of Tokyo.
One end of the band of clouds extended toward Tokyo.
I moved to Tokyo four years ago.
I'm being moved to the head office in Tokyo starting next month.
The typhoon's path shifted further east than forecast.
The author vividly depicts what Tokyo was like after the war.
We have advanced to the Kanto tournament.
Of course, it is impossible to protect the entire area of Tokyo.
I'll take the Shinkansen that arrives at Tokyo Station at ten.
I'm moving to Tokyo in March.
The investigation in the Tokyo area also seems likely to be scaled down.
I'm just a resident of Tokyo Metropolis.
It is not necessarily the case that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government can make the same judgment.
Tokyo has the largest population in Japan.
It was a map of a certain town in Tohoku.
Since it's my first time in Tohoku, I want to see the daytime scenery.
Are you a graduate of Tohoku University?
There's an old temple at the northeastern edge of town.
The northeast of a house is said to be the unlucky direction.
There is an empty classroom in the East Building that is not being used now.
Splitting eel open from the back is the Kanto style.
A research team at the University of Tokyo developed a new drug.
A Cuban singer gave a concert in Tokyo.
In Eastern medicine, qi is believed to flow through the body.
There was an old castle to the east of the town.
What direction is east?
I have lived in Tokyo since 1985.
When did you come back from Tokyo?
Do you come from Tokyo?
Have you ever been to Tokyo?
You live in Tokyo, don't you?
It is far from here to Tokyo.
This is the best Indian restaurant anywhere in Tokyo.
But now I live in Tokyo.
Why did you go to Tokyo?
I'm working in Tokyo now.
Now I'm living in Tokyo.
At night we can see more stars than in Tokyo.
At night we can see more stars there than in Tokyo.
When he arrives in Tokyo, I'll call you right away.
He has a brother who lives in Tokyo.
He's always been living in Tokyo.
He is living in Tokyo.
He is to go to Tokyo on business.
He came to Tokyo in search of employment.
He went to Tokyo for the purpose of getting a new job.
He will go to Tokyo tomorrow, won't he?
He came from Tokyo yesterday.
He went to Tokyo yesterday.
He is in Tokyo.
He likes to live in Tokyo.
He lives in Tokyo.
He keeps a store in Tokyo.
They had lived there until they came to Tokyo.
She went to Tokyo for the purpose of getting a new job.
She's leaving for Tokyo tomorrow.
She came to Tokyo when she was 18.
Her sons have gone to Tokyo.
No city in Japan is as large as Tokyo.
Are you going to go to Tokyo tomorrow?
I am going to go to Tokyo tomorrow.
He arrived in Tokyo yesterday.
We will reach Tokyo before dark.
She called from Tokyo.
Have you got used to living in Tokyo?
Tell me what you did in Tokyo.
While staying in Tokyo, I came to know her.
It has been as many as ten years since I started to live in Tokyo.
I live in Tokyo.
On arriving in Tokyo, I wrote her a letter.
When I went to Tokyo, I met him.
Tokyo is a very big city.
It is said that Tokyo is a very safe city.
Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world.
Tokyo is a very expensive place to live.
Tokyo is the largest city in Japan.
Tokyo is in Japan.
Tokyo is larger than any other city in Japan.
Tokyo was really wonderful.
Please get in touch with me when you come to Tokyo.
What are you going to Tokyo for?
It's been five years since I came to Tokyo.
My father lives and works in Tokyo.
The girl that I know very well has already left for Tokyo.
The girl I spoke to you about lives in Tokyo.
It took me five hours to drive from here to Tokyo.
We have been to Tokyo many times.
I can't afford to rent a house like this in Tokyo.
I have a friend who lives in Tokyo.
My brother lives in Tokyo.
My father does not go to Tokyo today.
I went to Tokyo to buy this book.
I am in Tokyo today.
I was in Tokyo yesterday.
I arrived in Tokyo yesterday.
I was born in Tokyo.
I want to go to Tokyo.
I go to Tokyo every day.
I was born in Tokyo in 1968.
Her husband is now living in Tokyo.
No other city in Japan is as large as Tokyo.
The girl talked to her parents about her college life in Tokyo.
He has been in Tokyo for a year.
My brother goes to college in Tokyo.
Is there any chance of your coming to Tokyo again this year?
The conference is to be held in Tokyo.
Tokyo Station is the third stop.
I have plans to go to Tokyo tomorrow.
He leaves for Tokyo tomorrow.
He set out for Tokyo.
She seems to have left for Tokyo yesterday.
The wind is blowing from the east.
The wind is blowing east.
It's really hot in Tokyo during the summer.
It happened that I met her in Tokyo.
I happened to meet an old friend at Tokyo Station.
He is proud of having graduated from Tokyo University.
He came to Tokyo five years ago, that is to say, when he was twelve years old.
He comes to Tokyo once a year.
He sometimes goes to Tokyo on business.
I hear he is a Tokyo University professor.
He set out for Tokyo this morning.
It was in Tokyo that I first met her father.
I don't believe the child came to Tokyo alone.
Our city is rather small in comparison with Tokyo.
What's the most convenient way to get to Tokyo Station?
For the holidays, I'm going to Tokyo for a week.
Having lived in Tokyo, I know the city well.
We have lived in Tokyo for six years.
I took a trip to Tokyo.
He visited me every time he came up to Tokyo.
We have many friends to visit in Tokyo.
There is a lake on the east of the village.
The moon rises in the east.
I came to Tokyo three years ago and have been living here ever since.
It is ten years since I came to Tokyo.
It is half a year since he went to Tokyo.
How long have you been living in Tokyo?
Tokyo is the least attractive town to me.
I'm sure that he went to Tokyo.
You have to accustom yourself to the crowded trains in Tokyo.
I have a few friends in Tokyo.
This is a bus which goes to Tokyo.
Do you plan to go to Tokyo by bus?
Where can I catch the bus to the Tokyo station?
I'm from Tokyo, Japan.
I'm from Tokyo.
I met him at Tokyo Station.
I met her at Tokyo Station.
Since when have you lived in Tokyo?
She came to Tokyo with a view to getting a new job.
It has been two months since my arrival in Tokyo.
The sun and the moon rise in the east and set in the west.
The sun always rises in the east.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
His train arrived at Tokyo Station.
He left Tokyo for Kyoto.
How do I get to your office from Tokyo Station?
How long will you stay in Tokyo?
I am staying with my uncle in Tokyo.
My sister will go to Tokyo next year.
The capital of Japan is Tokyo.
Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
The plane flew east.
How far is it from here to Tokyo?
How long did it take you to drive from here to Tokyo?
Taro stayed in Tokyo for three days.