都

Meaning

都 centers on a large, important city: a metropolis or capital. The senses 'all' and 'everything' extend from the idea of a capital as the place where everything gathers.

• 京都きょうと
  N5

  Kyoto (city, prefecture)

• 都みやこ
  N3

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

• 都市とし
  N3

  town; city; municipal; urban

• 都合つごう
  N4

  circumstances; condition; convenience

• 首都しゅと
  N3

  capital (city); metropolis

• 都内とない
  N1

  within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

• 都会とかい
  N3

  city

• 都道府県とどうふけん

  prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures

• 都心としん
  N2

  city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area

• 大都市だいとし

  metropolis; large city

• 都度つど

  each (every) time; whenever

• 都民とみん

  resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite

• 不都合ふつごう
  N1

  inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; troublesome; difficult

• 都営とえい
  N1

  (under) metropolitan government management

• 都立とりつ
  N1

  metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

• 都庁とちょう
  N1

  Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Office)

• 都議とぎ

  Metropolitan assemblyman

• 古都こと

  ancient city; former capital

• 好都合こうつごう
  N1

  convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

• 都政とせい

  metropolitan government (of Tokyo)

• 州都しゅうと

  state capital; provincial capital; county town

• 遷都せんと

  relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital

• 東都とうと

  the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo

• 首都圏しゅとけん
  N1

  Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area

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