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関東 (かんとう): eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo — Japanese vocabulary

関東 is read かんとう and means "eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

関東

Reading
かんとう · kantou
Translation
eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
かんとうが

Example

ジョンは関東地区、そして太郎は関西地区を担当している。

ジョンはかんとうちく、そしてたろうはかんさいちくをたんとうしている。

John covers the Kanto area and Taro covers the Kansai area.

Kanji in this word

  • 関 — connection
  • 東 — east

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