東海

とうかい· also トンヘ

Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); East Sea (Korean name for the Sea of Japan)

Common word

Meanings

Noun
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
eastern sea
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)Abbreviationhistorical term
East Sea (Korean name for the Sea of Japan)

Rare and archaic meanings (1)

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Example sentences

日本海にほんかい呼称こしょう問題もんだいとは、世界中せかいじゅうの地図ちずから「日本海にほんかい」という呼称こしょうを消けし、「東海とうかい」に書かき換かえようとする問題もんだいである。

The Sea of Japan naming dispute revolves around efforts to remove 'Sea of Japan' from the world's maps and replace it with 'East Sea'.