Word Meaning 東日本

ひがしにほん higashinihon

東日本 is read as ひがしにほん (higashinihon) and means eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region).

Meaning

English

  1. eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)

Reading

Kana

ひがしにほん

Romaji

higashinihon

Writing Variants

  • 東日本 ひがしにっぽん higashinippon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 98122 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

東日本大震災

ひがしにほんだいしんさい

Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011)

東日本国際大学

ひがしにっぽんこくさいだいがく

Higashi Nippon International University

日本歯科大学東京短期大学

にほんしかだいがくとうきょうたんきだいがく

The Nippon Dental University College at Tokyo

日本

にほん

Japan

西日本

にしにほん

western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

東海道本線

とうかいどうほんせん

Tokaido Main Line

東亜日報

とうあにっぽう

The Dong-a Ilbo (Korean newspaper)

東アジア反日武装戦線

ひがしあじあはんにちぶそうせんせん

East Asian Anti-Japan Armed Front

日本人

にほんじん

Japanese person

日本語

にほんご

Japanese (language)

日本一

にほんいち

Japan's best

本日

ほんじつ

today

Example Sentences

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ひがしにほんではゆきのよほうです。

Snow is forecast in eastern Japan.

During the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the height of the tsunami waves reached up to 37.9 meters.

Since a large area was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, a sustained help effort is sought.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of the eastern Japan quake from 8.8 to 9.0, the largest recorded in world history.