Word details
東西
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 東西.
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Entry
1
Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
east and west
2
Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Orient and Occident; East and West
Examples
この国では東西の文化が交じり合っている。
Cultures of the East and the West are mixed in this country.
3
とうざい only; Abbreviation; Interjection
ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up
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