英和和英

別の表記

• Tokio (archaic)
• Tōkyō, Tôkyô (romanization of Japanese)

語源

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), as opposed to Kyoto in the west, from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjaeng, “capital”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/, /ˈtoʊk.joʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtəʊ.ki.əʊ/
• 韻: -əʊkiəʊ

固有名詞

Tokyo

1. A prefecture and capital city of Japan.
   • 2019 March 4, Maggie Hiufu Wong, “China to introduce new generation of driverless trains in 2020”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 23 February 2020:

     The first phase of the project, connecting Tokyo and Nagoya, is scheduled to be completed in 2027 and is expected to cut traveling time between those cities by half.

2. (metonymic) The Japanese government.
   • 2017 June 8, Rotem Kowner, “When economics, strategy, and racial ideology meet: inter-Axis connections in the wartime Indian Ocean*”, in Journal of Global History, volume 12, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 231:

     Tokyo required certain military technologies and some raw materials that its main European ally already possessed, and also needed new markets for its Southeast Asian products in order to keep the local economies alive.

   • 2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times‎, archived from the original on 01 July 2022, Editorials:

     Meanwhile, Japan must bolster its own defenses and substantially increase defense spending to meet new threats. Tokyo should swallow some of its suspicions and move more quickly to rebuild frayed ties with South Korea. It should make cooperation with the United States a cornerstone of its engagement throughout the Indo-Pacific and with NATO. It is a full agenda and there is no time to lose.

同意語

• (historical) Edo, Yedo

派生語

参考

アナグラム

• Kyoto, Kyōto