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    3. 東洋

    東洋

    東とう洋よう

    the East

    N2KMT3News #4+1CoreNounHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    とうよう

    Noun

    1.
    the East, the Orient, (East) Asia
    2.
    Japan
    dated term

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    東とう洋ようの文ぶん化かに興きょう味みがあります。

    I am interested in Eastern culture.

    KMT3Culture & Traditions
    彼かれは東とう洋よう美び術じゅつの専せん門もん家かです。

    He is an expert in Oriental art.

    KMT3Art & Design
    東とう洋ようと西せい洋ようの思し想そうには大おおきな違ちがいがあります。

    There are significant differences in thought between the East and the West.

    KMT4Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    昔むかし、東とう洋ようは神しん秘ぴ的てきな場ば所しょとして西せい洋ように知しられていました。

    In ancient times, the East was known to the West as a mysterious place.

    KMT4HistoryCulture & Traditions
    東とう洋よう史しを学まなぶことは、世せ界かいの多た様よう性せいを理り解かいする上うえで重じゅう要ようです。

    Studying Eastern history is important for understanding the diversity of the world.

    KMT5HistoryEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    東
    ひがし…(12)
    east
    洋
    ocean・sea・foreign・Western style
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