カントウ
Meanings
Noun
1. Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures)
2. Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Pitch accent
カ
ントウ
Composed of
barrier; gate
eastern; east; Tokyo
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
Great Kanto earthquake (1923)