Word Meaning 東北

とうほく touhoku

東北 is read as とうほく (touhoku) and means north-east.

Meaning

English

  1. north-east
  2. Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)
  3. Tohoku

Reading

Kana

とうほく

Romaji

touhoku

Writing Variants

  • 東北 ひがしきた higashikita

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 西南 Rank 2200 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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東北東

とうほくとう

east-northeast

東北新幹線

とうほくしんかんせん

Tōhoku Shinkansen

東北公益文科大学

とうほくこうえきぶんかだいがく

Tōhoku University of Community Service and Science

東北弁

とうほくべん

Tōhoku dialect

東北農業大学

とうほくのうぎょうだいがく

Northeast Agricultural University

東北福祉大学

とうほくふくしだいがく

Tōhoku Fukushi University

東北師範大学

とうほくしはんだいがく

Northeast Normal University

東北関東大震災

とうほくかんとうだいしんさい

Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011)

東北芸術工科大学

とうほくげいじゅつこうかだいがく

Tohoku University of Art & Design

東北生活文化大学

とうほくせいかつぶんかだいがく

Tōhoku Seikatsu Bunka College

東北地方太平洋沖地震

とうほくちほうたいへいようおきじしん

Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011)

東北文化学園大学

とうほくぶんかがくえんだいがく

Tōhoku Bunka Gakuen University

Example Sentences

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He traveled through the Tohoku district this summer.

The Tohoku district was badly hit by the cold weather.

The Tohoku district is worth traveling to.

He traveled through the Tohoku district this summer.

Traffic was also disrupted including the suspension of the Akita, Tohoku bullet train.

Unfortunately, three days ago a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Japan's Tohoku region.

During the Golden Week holidays, many volunteers went to the quake and tsunami-hit areas in Tohoku.