きょう – Vocabulary details

きょう

Noun

1. imperial capital (esp. Kyoto)

when read as "きょう"

いつ京きょうから江え戸どにきたの？When did you come from Kyoto to Edo?

2. final word of an iroha poem

when read as "きょう"

Numeric

3. 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000; ten quadrillion

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Tokyo

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm); Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm)

mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard

いつきょうから江え戸どにきたの？

When did you come from Kyoto to Edo?

きょうの町まちを着き物もので歩あるいてみたい。

I'd like to walk around the streets of Kyoto in a kimono.

きょうの町まちって、道みちを覚おぼえにくくありません？

Isn't it hard to remember the streets in Kyoto?

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