きょう
Meanings
Noun
1. imperial capital (esp. Kyoto)
when read as "きょう"
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
usu. けい
Kanji used
capital
Pitch accent
きょ
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Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
Kyoto (city, prefecture)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
Kyoto Prefecture
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
Heian-kyō; ancient Kyoto
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
Kyoto style; urbanity; refinement
Kyoto vegetables; vegetables traditionally grown in and around Kyoto
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
Kyoto man; man from Kyoto
the direction of Kyoto; Kansai area; citizens of Kyoto; nobles
British capital; London
former capital region (i.e. Kyoto and its environs)
classical Chinese opera
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794)
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
departure from the capital
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm); Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm)
gossipy Kyotoite
Kyoyuzen dyeing; Kyoto printed silk
the two capitals (e.g. Tokyo and Kyoto, Chang'an and Luoyang)
vicinity of Kyoto
coming to a capital city (esp. Tokyo or Kyoto)
Kyoto products
the dreams of Kyoto, the dreams of Osaka
traditional Kyoto dance
financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)
even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them; (lit.) (even) Kyoto is rustic in places
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryo system)
somewhat reddish purple
ruddy turnstone (species of sandpiper, Arenaria interpres)
shrimp-shaped taro variety
water from the capital (Kyoto), rumored to have a whitening effect; type of washing lotion from the end of the Edo period
style that is fashionable in the capital