Meaning

Primary

Tokyo Metropolis

Word Type

proper noun

Explanation

Remember how 東京 is Tokyo? Add metropolis to it and you get the Tokyo Metropolis.

東京都 is basically one of Japan's prefectures, but they call it a "metropolis" instead. It's the capital and the largest city in all of Japan!

Reading

とうきょうと
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is just 東京 and the on'yomi for (), which you learned with the kanji. In other words, on'yomi for all three kanji here.

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 東京都に多い

    there are many in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

    東京都にある

    to be in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

    東京都に住む

    to live in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

Context Sentences

東京都は日本の都市です。

Tokyo is a city in Japan.

東京都に住みたがる人は多いですよ。

There are many people who want to live in the Tokyo prefecture.

東京都の30代会社員、山田さん(仮名)は、インタビューでこう語りました。

Taro Yamada (pseudonym), who is in his 30s and a salaryman in the Tokyo Metropolis, told us this in the interview.

Kanji Composition