都 – Vocabulary details

都みやこ

Meanings

Noun

1. capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government

2. capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light)

3. location of the Imperial Palace

Alt. forms

Kanji used

都

metropolis

Pitch accent

み

やこ

Used in: 870

Used in vocabulary (11 in total)

京きょうの都みやこ

Kyoto

都みやこ落おち

leaving (fleeing) the capital

都みやこ大おお路じ

avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare

都みやこ入いり

arriving in the capital

都みやこ風ふう

city style; metropolitan

都みやこ育そだち

city-bred

森もりの都みやこ

tree-clad town

都みやこ踊おどり

dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

都みやこをどり

dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

都みやこ節ぶし音おん階かい

miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)

都みやこ鱮たなご

Tokyo bitterling (species of cyprinid fish, Tanakia tanago)

Examples (4 in total)

奈な良らはとても古ふるい都みやこです。

Nara is a very old city.

ドロシーたちはエメラルドの都みやこを目め指ざして旅たびを続つづけた。

Dorothy and her friends continued their journey heading for Emerald city.

ヴェネツィアは水みずの都みやこです。

Venice is a city on water.