東とう京きょう

also: とうけい

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Meanings

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The Japanese name of Tokyo, Japan's capital and the surrounding metropolitan prefecture; used as a place name in ordinary speech and writing.

I will go to Tokyo on business next week.

東とう京きょうは日に本ほんの首しゅ都とです。

Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

東とう京きょう都と
東京都 is the formal administrative name for Tokyo Metropolis, while 東京 is the everyday place name used in ordinary speech and writing.
江え戸ど
東京 is the modern name for the city, while 江戸 refers specifically to it under Tokugawa shogunate rule before 1868.
東とう都と
東京 is the modern name for the city, whereas 東都 is its old-fashioned literary name used mainly in pre-Meiji or historical writing.

江え戸ど
江戸 was the city's name before 1868 under the shogunate, whereas 東京 is the modern name adopted after the Meiji Restoration, so learners can mix up which era each refers to.

東京 is written with 東 'east' and 京 'capital', literally 'eastern capital'. This is a conventional and transparent meaning of the kanji spelling.

departing Tokyo

situated in Tokyo; located in Tokyo

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東亰

rarely-used kanji form

とうけい

out-dated reading