Keyword
east
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig543
Readings
とう
(45%)
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 (294 in total)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
east side; east bank
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
eastern part; the east (of a region)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
all times and places; all ages and countries
east, west, south and north
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
Asian people; Orientals
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
eastern gate
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
east entrance; east exit
northeastern part; the northeast
east end; eastern tip
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
Eastern Europe
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
eastern coast; east bank
east wind; spring wind
southeastern part; the southeast
eastern expedition
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
crown prince
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
East Asia; the Orient
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears
proceeding east
Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou; Kwangchow; Canton (China)
east longitude
north-northeast; north-north-east
East Germany (1949-1990); German Democratic Republic
whole district of Kanto
east-northeast; ENE
Tokyo Skytree; broadcasting tower with observation deck in Sumida ward, Tokyo, Japan
south-southeast; south-south-east
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
... and eastward; east of
easternmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
eastern office (esp. police); eastern department
constantly eastward
Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
Cantonese (language)
going to Tokyo; going east
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
Near and Middle East
the eastern sky
east-southeast; ESE
in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
Guangdong Province (China); Canton; Kwangtung
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Oriental country; the Orient
Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
old Kanto-area folk songs
Shandong Province (China)
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
going from west to east
Tokyo and Nagoya
East Indies; East India
ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Tokyo Trials; International Military Tribunal for the Far East; IMTFE
Oriental medicine; Eastern medicine
person from Tōhoku; Tōhokuite
east player; dealer
Tonghak (19th century Korean religious movement)
easternmost
eastward advance
man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
Eastern European countries
east face (e.g. of a building)
(former) Eastern Bloc countries
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
flowing east (e.g. of a river)
going east; heading eastward
the eastern half
Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect
Eastern philosophy; Asian philosophy
Asian history; Oriental history
high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east
Dongpo pork; Chinese pan-fried red-cooked pork squares
Tokai earthquake (e.g. of 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854)
East Asia; the Orient
Mao Zedong thought; Maoist thought; Maoism
salmon (color, colour); pink with a yellow tinge; color of daybreak
Tōmi City (Nagano)
sailing east; eastbound
the Orient for the Orientals
returning to the East
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
Eastern China
Oriental studies; Orientalism
eastern hemisphere; the Orient
East Indies; East India
eastern suburbs
facing the east; east face; east side; the east
not knowing one's bearings; being disorientated; itinerant monk; pilgrim
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
east round
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
travelling east (esp. to Edo) from Kyoto
quarter-length game consisting of east round only
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
Tōmi City (Nagano)
eastern edge; east margin
northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
all times and places; everywhen and everywhere
Cantonese food; Cantonese cuisine
Tonghak Rebellion (of Korea; 1894)
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
early morning crowing of a rooster; brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)
Eastern Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Later Han dynasty
Eastern Time (US time zone)
International Military Tribunal for the Far East; IMTFE; Tokyo Trials
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
Middle Easterner (person)
northern Tohoku (usually Aomori, Iwate and Akita prefectures)
moving (the capital) east
Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)
Eastern Zhou dynasty (China, 771-256 BCE); Eastern Chou dynasty
Tokyo dialect (esp. historical)
pung (or kong) of east tiles when east is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)
Eastern Jin dynasty (of China; 317-420 CE); Eastern Chin dynasty
Central and Eastern Europe
eastern side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
east wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles
northeasterly wind
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
going from west to east
East Timor; Timor-Leste
southern Tohoku (usually Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures)
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect
south-southeast; south-south-east
returning to an eastern place (esp. from Kyoto to Tokyo)
north-northeast; north-north-east
wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither
Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka
Tonankai earthquake of 1944
east wind inclining towards the south
Eastern Jerusalem
Higashiyama Station (Hokkaido)
epitome of Tokyo; miniature Tokyo
Tōon City (Ehime)
Higashikagawa City (Kagawa)
the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux
barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
Crown Prince's Palace
along the east coast; along the eastern seashore
Tōon City (Ehime)
East Germany (1949-1990)
Oriental (zoogeographical region)
Shinonome Station (Tokyo)
eastward expansion; eastward enlargement
Oriental orchid; orchid of Oriental origin
government of Tokyo Metropolis
Azuma coat; type of coat worn over a kimono; popular in the middle of the Meiji era
the pacific side of Japan; eastern sea; of or about Japan
not knowing one's way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do
double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
the best men are from Edo; the best women from Kyoto
Asian Russia
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
daybreak; dawn
Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan
Central and Eastern Europe
Little Tokyo; Japantown
small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
Higashikagawa City (Kagawa)
Hawker's least shrew (Sorex minutissimus hawkeri)
Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)
Oriental orchid; orchid of Oriental origin
bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma); mud skate; shark ray
Eastern Standard Time (US)
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
(baseball) game between Waseda and Tokyo universities
taking pride in something mundane, thinking it is exceptional; (lit.) Liaodong boar
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Eastern Catholic Churches; Uniate Churches; Eastern-rite Catholic Churches
thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)
Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)
Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)
Manchukuo dialect; Greater East Asian dialect
toilet in a Zen monastery
toilet in a Zen temple
Northeast Passage (sea route along the north coast of Russia)
easterly wind (e.g. trade wind, polar easterlies)
Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE
eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)
first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring
Tokyo-style accent, widely used in Japan
polar easterlies; polar Hadley cells
Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II
Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market yen exchange rate
Eastern Wei dynasty (of China; 534-550)
Asian quarters (esp. in Brazil); Asian district
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Higashiyama Kōen Station (Nagoya)
Higashino Station
Kawahigashi Station
eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Daito flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis)
Azuma rhododendron (Rhododendron metternichii var.)
Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)
eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus); common mole
eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris); Australian grass owl
Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale; European beaked whale
Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale; European beaked whale
Asian particolored bat (Vespertilio sinensis)
Anemone raddeana (species of anemone flower)
Thunberg's fleabane (Erigeron thunbergii)
Examples (200 in total)
What direction is east?
I have lived in Tokyo since 1985.
When did you come back from Tokyo?