Word Meaning 関東

かんとう kantou

関東 is read as かんとう (kantou) and means Kantō.

Meaning

English

Kantō
north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures

Reading

Kana

かんとう

Romaji

kantou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 関西 Rank 43883 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

関東人

かんとうじん

Kantō native

関東一円

かんとういちえん

whole district of Kanto

関東地方

かんとうちほう

Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)

関東学院大学

かんとうがくいんだいがく

Kantou Gakuin University

関東教育学会

かんとうきょういくがっかい

Kanto Educational Research Society

関東弁

かんとうべん

Kantō dialect

関東軍

かんとうぐん

Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)

関東電気協会

かんとうでんききょうかい

Kanto Electric Association

関東労災病院

かんとうろうさいびょういん

Kanto Rosai Hospital

関東八州

かんとうはっしゅう

the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

関東煮

かんとに

oden

関東大震災

かんとうだいしんさい

Great Kanto earthquake of 1923