あずま
Meanings
Archaic
Noun
1. eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces
2. east
3. wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither
Kanji used
east
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
old Kanto-area folk songs
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)
travelling east (esp. to Edo) from Kyoto
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
Azuma coat; type of coat worn over a kimono; popular in the middle of the Meiji era
Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)
Azuma rhododendron (Rhododendron metternichii var.)
Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)