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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

江え戸ど

edo

Edo, former name of Tokyo

Example sentences

  1. この習慣しゅうかんは江戸えど時代じだいに始はじまった。

    This custom began in the Edo Period.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 昔むかし、人々ひとびとは江戸えどから京都きょうとまで歩あるいた。

    In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 江戸えど時代じだいに書かかれた。

    It was written in the Edo period.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 江戸

  • 江creek; inletOnコウKunえ
  • 戸door; counter for housesOnコKunと

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