Vocab Info

N3 Noun, No-adjective, Interjection

東西(とうざい)east and west, Orient and Occident, East and West, Ladies and Gentlemen!, Your attention, please!, roll-up, roll-up

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, No-adjective

      1.

      east and west

    2. Noun, No-adjective

      2.

      Orient and Occident, East and West

    3. Interjection

      3.

      ladies and gentlemen!, your attention, please!, roll-up, roll-up

      Abbreviation, Only applies to とうざい,

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    All Forms

    東西 【とうざい】東西 【ひがしにし】

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    Examples

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      この道路(どうろ)東西(とうざい)(はし)っています。

      This road runs east-west.

      • N3

      東西(とうざい)文化(ぶんか)には(おお)くの(ちが)いがあるようだ。

      There seem to be many differences in Eastern and Western cultures.

      • N3

      この有名(ゆうめい)(うた)東西(とうざい)()わず(おお)くの(ひと)()られている。

      This famous song is known to many people, regardless of if they are from the East or West.

      • N3

      (ぼく)たちは、東西(とうざい)(はし)高速(こうそく)道路(どうろ)使(つか)って大阪(おおさか)から東京(とうきょう)まで()ました。

      We used the east-west expressway to come from Osaka to Tokyo.

      • N3

      (ちから)(そそ)いでいたプロジェクトが中止(ちゅうし)となってしまい、東西(とうざい)(うしな)ってしまった。

      The project we had put a lot of effort into was canceled, and we lost our east-west orientation. (Lost our direction)

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