江戸

えど

Meanings

1. Noun Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

Kanji

• 江 creek. Read as え.
• 戸 door. Read as と.

Example sentences

• 外国人の一団が江戸、つまり東京に到着した。
  A group of foreigners arrived in Edo, i.e. Tokyo.
• 昔、人々は江戸から京都まで歩いた。
  In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto.

Words containing 江戸

• 江戸時代 (えどじだい) Edo period (1603-1868)
• 江戸幕府 (えどばくふ) Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
• 江戸城 (えどじょう) Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

And 32 more.

Word lists

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