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Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of くわんとう – see the following entry.
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| 【関東】
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- Kantō (a geographical region in eastern Japan, that includes the capital city of Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama and Tochigi)
- (historical) the area east of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) or later, east of 箱根の関 (Hakone-no-seki, “tollgate of Mount Hakone”)
- (archaic) the area to the east of 函谷関 (Kankoku-kan, “Hangu Pass”)
- (archaic) the area to the east of 山海関 (Sankai-kan, “Shanhai Pass”)
- a surname
- (historical, colloquial) the shogunate
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| (This term, くわんとう (kwantou), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
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