関東

かんとう · kantou · JLPT N2 · noun

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🗾 関 = gate/barrier, 東 = east: the eastern gate region of Japan

関 (seki) means barrier or checkpoint, and 東 (tou) means east. Kantou names the land east of the old Ausaka-era barrier zone, centered on Tokyo.

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