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東洋 (とうよう) — Orient | JLPT N3 · Nihongo Circle

東洋

とうよう

noun

Meanings

1Orient
2the East
3the Orient
4(East) Asia
5Japan

Example sentence

東洋の陶器に興味があります。

I have an interest in oriental ceramics.

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Kanji in this word

東East8 strokes 洋Ocean, Sea, Foreign9 strokes

More words with 東

東西とうざい · East and WestN2 東ひがし · eastN5 東側ひがしがわ · east side 南東なんとう · southeast 北東ほくとう · northeast 極東

Full entry on Jisho

きょくとう · Far East

広東カントン · Guangdong (China)

関東かんとう · eastern half of JapanN2

More words with 洋

海洋かいよう · oceanN2 洋品店ようひんてん · clothes storeN2 南氷洋なんひょうよう · Antarctic Ocean 西洋せいよう · the WestN4 洋杯コップ · glass (drinking vessel)洋袴ズボン · trousers 洋服ようふく · Western-style clothesN5 洋風ようふう · western styleN1

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