Moto 都: Metropolis; Capital; AllKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ト、ツ
- Kun'yomi
- みやこ
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 230 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ト・ツ)
- 京都きょうとKyoto (city, prefecture)
- 都内とない(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
- 都市としtown; city
- 首都しゅとcapital city; metropolis
- 都道府県とどうふけんprefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
- 首都圏しゅとけんthe capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
- 都心としんcity centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre
- 都議とぎMetropolitan assemblyman
- 都会とかいcity
- 都合つごうcircumstances; condition
- 都立とりつmetropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
- 都民とみんcity populace; resident of Tokyo
- 都庁とちょうTokyo Government Office
- 都市計画としけいかくcity planning; urban planning
- 州都しゅうとstate capital; provincial capital
- 都政とせいmetropolitan government (of Tokyo)
- 古都ことancient city; former capital
- 都営とえい(under) metropolitan government management
- 都度つどeach (every) time; whenever
- 東都とうとthe Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo
- 遷都せんとrelocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
- 不都合ふつごうinconvenient; inexpedient
- 大都市だいとしmetropolis; large city
- 好都合こうつごうconvenient; favorable
- 帝都ていとimperial capital
- 旧都きゅうとold capital; former capital
- 田園都市でんえんとしrural or garden city
- 都市ガスとしガスtown gas; city gas
- 都市国家としこっかcity-state
- 都市部としぶurban area; urban district
- ご都合主義ごつごうしゅぎopportunism; double standards
- ご都合主義者ごつごうしゅぎしゃopportunist
- その都度そのつどeach time it happens; at all such times
- ふところ都合ふところつごうfinancial situation; financial standing
- 一身上の都合いっしんじょうのつごうpersonal reasons; personal matters
- 一都一道二府四十三県いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけんadministrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkaido, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining 43 prefectures
- 三大都市さんだいとしthe three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
- 三都さんとthree large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
- 中都市ちゅうとしmedium-sized city; mid-size city
- 主要都市しゅようとしmajor city
- 主都しゅとmain city (of a district, province, etc.); major city
- 京都の産きょうとのさんnative of Kyoto
- 京都五山きょうとござんKyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto, as well as Nanzen-ji
- 京都府きょうとふKyoto Prefecture
- 京都府警きょうとふけいKyoto Prefectural Police
- 京都議定書きょうとぎていしょKyoto Protocol
- 京都賞きょうとしょうKyoto Prize
- 会社都合退職かいしゃつごうたいしょくleaving at the convenience of the company
- 全都ぜんとthe whole metropolis
- 副都心ふくとしんsubcenter (of a large city) (subcentre); urban subcenter
- 北庭都護府ほくていとごふProtectorate General of Beiting; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE
- 南都なんとNara
- 南都七大寺なんとしちだいじthe seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
- 南都六宗なんとろくしゅうsix sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 都みやこcapital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government
- 京の都きょうのみやこKyoto
- 住めば都すめばみやこyou can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it
Other readings
- 僧都そうずBuddhist priest
- 卒都婆そとばstupa; dagoba
- 単于都護府ぜんうとごふProtectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands; Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE
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