Meaning
関東 (かんとう, kantou) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 5
関東由緒あり。
He was of the Kanto lineage.
関東では、焼く前に蒸す。
In Kanto, eel is steamed before broiling.
関東一 円に 雪が 降った
It snowed all over Kanto.
台風が 関東 地方に 上陸した。
The typhoon struck the Kanto district.
後に義父とともに関東申次に就任する。
He later assumed the position of Kanto moshitsugi (court-appointed liaison with the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun)) with his father-in-law.