関東
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関東 (Kantō): the Kantō region in Japan
See also: 關東
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 関 | 東 |
| かん Grade: 4 |
とう Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 關東 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
- “geographical region of eastern Japan”
- Literally “east of the barrier", referring to the Hakone Barrier (箱根の関 (Hakone no seki, “tollgate of Mount Hakone”))”, a security checkpoint on the Tōkaidō road during the Tokugawa era. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- “shogunate”
- As the region was the center of power from the Kamakura to Edo periods.
- “area to the east of Hangu or Shanhai Pass”
- Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 關東 / 关东 (Guāndōng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
関東 • (Kantō) ←くわんとう (Kwantou)?
- 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)
- Synonym: 関東地方 (Kantō-chihō)
- (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
Derived terms
Descendants
- Russian: Канто́ n or m (Kantó)
See also
Noun
関東 • (Kantō) ←くわんとう (Kwantou)?
- (historical, colloquial) the shogunate
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN