東北|とうほくtouhoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
ひがしきたhigashikita
Definitions
  1. nounnorth-east
  2. nounTōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
    The typhoon may cross the Tohoku district.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym北東ほくとうNeutralA compass term for the northeast direction; 「東北」 covers the same direction but also names the Tōhoku region of Japan.
  • Antonym西南せいなんNeutralThe opposite point on the compass: the southwest direction, directly across from 「東北」.

Use 「東北」 for the Tōhoku region of Japan and for the northeast; 「北東」 also works for the direction as a compass term; the opposite direction is 「西南」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 北きたと東ひがしの中間ちゅうかんの方位ほうい。
  2. (中国ちゅうごく)中華人民共和国ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこくの東北とうほく部ぶ、旧きゅう満洲まんしゅう国こく領域りょういきの現在げんざいの呼称こしょう、主ぬしには東北とうほく三さん省しょうをいい、広義こうぎには内うち蒙古もうこ自治区じちく東北とうほく部ぶを加くわえる。
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