higashi
1. east
★ Common
Noun
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east
1. east
1. east wind tile
2. winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles
1. eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces
2. east
+ 2 additional meanings1. Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures)
2. Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
1. the East; the Orient
2. Japan
1. north-east
2. Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
1. Tōkai region; region south of Tokyo on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan
2. East Sea (Korean name for the Sea of Japan)
1. east and west
2. Orient and Occident; East and West
3. ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
1. northeast
1. east side; east bank