Etymology 1
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/ɸiŋɡaɕi/ → /ɸiɡaɕi/ → /hiɡaɕi/
Sound shift from hingashi (see Etymology 2 below).
Now the standard word for east.[1][2]
Proper noun
東 • (Higashi)
- a historical red-light district in Edo located east of Edo Castle, today in Fukagawa, Kōtō, Tokyo prefecture
- (Buddhism) Short for 東本願寺 (Higashi Hongan-ji): a Buddhist temple in Shimogyō, Kyoto, Japan
- Synonym: お東 (o-Higashi)
- Higashi (multiple places throughout Japan, especially referring to a ward in Okayama, Kumamoto, Sakai, Sapporo, Nagoya, Niigata, Hamamatsu, Hiroshima and Fukuoka)
- A former ward of Osaka, Japan
- a surname
- 東音高
- Higashi Ototaka
- Ototaka Higashi, pediatrician known for Chédiak–Higashi syndrome
Etymology 2
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*⟨pi1 muka si⟩ → */pʲimukasi/ → /pimʉɡasi/ → /ɸimʉɡaɕi/ → /ɸiŋɡaɕi/ → /hiŋɡaɕi/
Shift from Old Japanese 東 (*pi1mukasi).[1][2]
Noun
東 • (hingashi)
- (obsolete) the east
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:東.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 東 (higashi, modern form)
- 東面 (hingashi omote)
- 東様 (hingashi-zama)
- 東の陣 (Hingashi no Jin)
- 東の対 (hingashi no tai)
- 東塞がり (hingashi fusagari)
- 関の東 (seki no hingashi)
Etymology 3
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⟨aduma⟩ → /ad͡zuma/ → /azuma/
From Old Japanese,[1][2] itself of unknown derivation.
Noun
東 • (azuma) ←あづま (aduma)?
- (archaic) the east
- (archaic) the lands east of the 都 (miyako, “imperial capital”)
- (regional, historical) during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, the Kamakura region or its titular 幕府 (bakufu, “shogunate”), as opposed to the imperial capital of Kyoto
- (regional, historical) during the Edo period, the region around Edo
- Short for 東つ (azumatsu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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- Short for 東琴 (azumagoto): a six-stringed Japanese zither
- Short for 東下駄 (azumageta): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- 東つ (azumatsu)
- 東遊び (azuma asobi)
- 東歌 (azuma uta)
- 東人 (azumaudo)
- 東夷, 東蝦夷 (azuma ebisu)
- 東男 (azuma otoko), 東男 (azuma onoko)
- 東折り (azuma ori)
- 東鑑 (Azuma Kagami)
- 東方 (azumagata)
- 東絡げ (azuma karage)
- 東菊 (azumagiku)
- 東絹 (azumaginu)
- 東下り (azuma kudari)
- 東下駄 (azumageta)
- 東っ子 (azumakko)
- 東声 (azuma-goe)
- 東コート (azuma kōto)
- 東琴 (azumagoto)
- 東言葉 (azuma kotoba)
- 東笹 (azumazasa)
- 東路 (azumaji)
- 東石南花 (azuma shakunage)
- 東障子 (azuma shōji)
- 東育ち (azuma sodachi)
- 東訛り (azuma namari)
- 東錦 (azuma nishiki)
- 東根笹 (azuma nezasa)
- 東の主 (azuma no aruji)
- 東彼岸 (azuma higan)
- 東人 (azumabito)
- 東百官 (azuma hyakkan)
- 東舞 (azuma mai)
- 東虫 (azumamushi)
- 東結び (azuma musubi)
- 東屋, 四阿, 阿舎 (azumaya)
- 東孺, 東豎子 (azuma warawa)
Etymology 4
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From Middle Chinese 東 (MC tuwng).
Noun
東 • (tō)
- (music) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Etymology 5
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From Mandarin 東/东 (dōng).
Compare Wu 東/东 (ton), Hakka 東/东 (tûng), Min Nan 東/东 (tong).
Noun
東 • (ton)
- (mahjong) east wind (mahjong tile)
- Hypernym: 風牌 (kazehai, fanpai)
- (mahjong) a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) with a triplet or quad of east wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2 翻 (han, “doubles”)
- Hypernym: 役牌 (yakuhai, yaku-pai)
Derived terms
- 東風戦 (tonpūsen, “east-round game”)
Etymology 6
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Nominalization of the stem of adjective 明らか (akiraka, “clear”).
Etymology 7
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Nominalization of verb 上る, 登る (noboru, “to ascend, rise”).
Etymology 8
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Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin, start”).
References
Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN