東

Historical term

East European Revolution (of 1989); fall of Communism

Obsolete term

returning to the East

Rare term

returning to an eastern place (esp. from Kyoto to Tokyo)

Rare term

Asian Russia

Poetical term; Dated term

daybreak; dawn; aurora

Rare term

Orientalism

Archaic

eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces

Archaic

east

Abbreviation

wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither

吾妻／吾嬬 only

my spouse

Derogatory; Archaic; Kantou-ben

warrior from the eastern parts of Japan

とうい only

eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)

Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)

Japan