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N4 Noun

江戸(えど)Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo), Yedo

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    1. Noun

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      Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo), Yedo

      Historical term

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    江戸 【えど】

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      この建物(たてもの)江戸(えど)時代(じだい)からあるそうだ。

      I heard this building has been around since the Edo period.

      • N4

      あなたは江戸(えど)()いて(なに)(おも)()かべますか?

      What do you think of when you hear the word Edo?

      • N4

      江戸(えど)現在(げんざい)東京(とうきょう)()千代田(ちよだ)()あたりの地域(ちいき)()言葉(ことば)らしい。

      Edo seems to be the term for the area around present-day Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

      • N4

      江戸(えど)のシンボルである江戸(えど)(じょう)整備(せいび)は1633(ねん)(ごろ)完了(かんりょう)したと()われている。

      The establishment of Edo Castle, the symbol of Edo, is said to have been completed around 1633.

      • N3

      江戸(えど)」という地名(ちめい)歴史(れきし)(じょう)(はじ)めて登場(とうじょう)したのは12世紀(せいき)(まつ)(こと)だったと()きました。

      I heard that the place-name 'Edo' first appeared in history at the end of the 12th century.

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