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); Japan

common word

Meaning

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

Example sentences

日本海呼称問題とは、世界中の地図から「日本海」という呼称を消し、「東海」に書き換えようとする問題である。

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'.