江

Meaning

江 centers on a body of water that is a smaller offshoot of a larger one: a creek, inlet, or bay. It describes a water feature that branches inward from a river or sea.

• 江戸えど

  Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

• 江え

  inlet; bay

• 堀江ほりえ

  canal

• 近江おうみ

  Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

• 松江まつえ

  Matsue (city in Shimane)

• 入り江いりえ

  inlet; cove; creek; bay

• 江上こうじょう

  (on the) bank of a large river

• 江頭こうとう

  riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)

• 江戸城えどじょう

  Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

• 長江ちょうこう

  Yangtze River (China); Changjiang River

• 江戸前えどまえ

  Tokyo style

• 揚子江ようすこう

  Yangtze River (China)

• 遠江とおとうみ

  Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

• 江村こうそん

  village along a (large) river

• 江戸っ子えどっこ

  (true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko

• 江戸時代えどじだい

  Edo period (1603-1868)

• 三角江さんかくこう

  estuary

• 入り江わにいりえわに

  saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus); estuarine crocodile

• 大江戸線おおえどせん

  Ōedo Line

• 小江戸こえど

  Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo

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