Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
Kanji used
large river
door
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
Edo period (1603-1868)
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
Examples (2 in total)
In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto.
A group of foreigners arrived in Edo, that is to say Tokyo.