東 (ひがし) — east

東ひがし east

Frequency #1186 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 1 character noun

higashi

ひがし

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ひがし[0] heiban 平板

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east

Explained in simple Japanese

朝(あさ)、日(ひ)がでてくるほう。

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ひがし東 east

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東(とう)京(きょう) toukyou Tokyo 関(かん)東(とう) kantou Kanto region 東(とう)大(だい) toudai University of Tokyo 東(とう)北(ほく) touhoku northeast 中(ちゅう)東(とう) chuutou Middle East 東(とう)京(きょう)大(だい)学(がく) toukyoudaigaku University of Tokyo 東(とう)洋(よう) touyou the East 東(とう)南(なん)アジア tounanajia Southeast Asia

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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