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Tokyo
[ toh-kee-oh; Japanese taw-kyaw ]
noun
- a seaport in and the capital of Japan, on Tokyo Bay: one of the world's largest cities; destructive earthquake and fire 1923; signing of the Japanese surrender document aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, September 2, 1945.
Tokyo
/ ˈtəʊkjəʊ; -kɪˌəʊ /
noun
- the capital of Japan, a port on SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay (an inlet of the Pacific): part of the largest conurbation in the world (the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area) of over 35 million people; major industrial centre and the chief cultural centre of Japan. Pop (city proper): 8 025 538 (2002 est)
Tokyo
- Capital of Japan and largest city in the country, located on the island of Honshu at the head of Tokyo Bay; the administrative, financial, educational, and cultural center of Japan.
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Other Words From
- Toky·o·ite noun
Example Sentences
Still, to manage the pressure, she’s trying to push notions of qualifying for Tokyo from her mind and focus instead on simply qualifying for the trials.
A lot of the locations in “Persona 5” are based on actual places in real-life Tokyo.
Everything you need to know about the Tokyo OlympicsFor years, the IOC encouraged a bidding process that pitted interested nations against each other in pursuing hosting rights.
When the world ends, Tokyo seems to say, we will exit through the gift shop.
The Tokyo games spiraled over budget even before the pandemic, which forced organizers to postpone them for a year.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department refused to discuss the case on the record.
Today, the Imperial family can be found dining at Honke Owariya upon their return from Tokyo.
He was very familiar with the reality of what could happen: Tokyo could be covered with a really high dosage of radiation.
Another video that went viral showed Blanc choking women in Tokyo.
Beijing also demanded that Abe declare he will no longer pay visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
In no place is this wonder more deeply touched with mystery than in modern Tokyo.
Tokyo might fall under the blight of progress, but Kano would hold to the traditions of his race.
Thus the day comes to modern Tokyo, which the old folks still call Yeddo.
"The fact is, we Japanese have never gotten our morals from our religion," said one quasi-Buddhist newspaper man to me in Tokyo.
Amenomori, his secretary at Tokyo, tells a story of waking one night and seeing a light in Hearn's study.
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