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東西

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

東西 — “east and west; the Orient and the Occident”

東西 (read とうざい) means east and west; the Orient and the Occident. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

とうざい

Meaning

east and west; the Orient and the Occident

東西 in a sentence

古今ここん東西とうざい。

All ages and places (throughout history, east and west).

The kanji in 東西

東east
西west

Words that share a kanji with 東西

東ひがし— east
関東かんとう— Kanto region (Tokyo area)
東洋とうよう— the Orient, the East, Asia
西にし— west
西洋せいよう— the West, Western countries
関西かんさい— Kansai region (Osaka-Kyoto area)
西暦せいれき— the Christian era, A.D. (Gregorian calendar)

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