Illustration: At dawn on an east-facing Japanese coastal seawall, a child points straight toward the sun just emerging above the open sea. A parent beside them is still folding a blanket from their early-morning wait, and an open thermos rests on the wall.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

東ひがし

higashi

east

Read 東 as とう in compounds such as 東京. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

月つきは東ひがしから上のぼる。
The moon rises in the east.
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風かぜは東ひがしから吹ふいている。
The wind is blowing from the east.
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動物園どうぶつえんは町まちの東ひがしにあります。
The zoo is in the east of the town.
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Kanji in 東

東eastOnトウKunひがし

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