The Japanese word for east is
東
ひがし - higashi
Japanese Definition
| east | |
| 1. 名詞. 東。 | |
| 2. 名詞. 東部（地方）。 | |
| 3. 名詞. 東洋。 | |
| 4. 名詞. 東欧。 | |
| 5. 名詞. 東側諸国。 | |
| 6. 形容詞. 東の、東にある。東部の。 | |
| 7. 形容詞. 東への。 | |
| 8. 形容詞. 東からの。 | |
| 9. 形容詞. 東洋の。 | |
| 10. 副詞. 東へ。東に。 |
Translations for east and their definitions
| 東 | |
| 1. n. the east (gloss-lite, compass point) | |
| 2. n. the Orient | |
| 3. n. an easterly (gloss-lite, wind blowing from the east) | |
| 4. n. (sumo) higher-ranked wrestlers listed on the right of a banzuke | |
| 5. n. an Eastern Bloc country | |
| 6. n. (regional historical) Kamakura and/or Edo, as opposed to Kyoto and Osaka | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) the east | |
| 8. n. (regional historical) during the (Kamakura period, Kamakura) and w, Muromachi period, Muromachi periods, the Kamakura region or its titular 幕府, as opposed to the imperial capital of Kyoto | |
| 9. n. (regional historical) during the (Edo period), the region around Edo | |
| 10. affix. east | |
| 11. n. (mahjong) east wind (mahjong tile) | |
| (hyper, ja, 風牌, tr=kazehai, fanpai) | |
| 12. n. (mahjong) a 役 with a triplet or quad of east wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2 翻 | |
| (hyper, ja, 役牌, tr=yakuhai, yaku-pai) |
| 東方 | |
| 1. n. east, east area | |
| 2. n. east (compass point, direction) | |
| 3. n. the fighters on the east side in a match |
| 東部 | |
| 1. n. eastern part |
| 東洋 | |
| 1. n. the East; Asia, especially East Asia, as opposed to the West. |
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