Meaning of Tokyo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A prefecture and capital city of Japan.
2. Alternative spelling of Tokyo.
   alt-of, alternative
3. The Japanese government.
   metonymically

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It was at all events satisfactory to the Society to know that in the destructive earthquake of 1854, which did so much damage in Tôkyô, the place where they then held their meeting escaped uninjured.”

“"Sensei, what's wrong?!" Gioo asked as he sat down, gazing out the window of his studio apartment in the Shinjuku ward of Tôkyô.”

“While this appears to be the case with many modern dialect systems, there is considerable debate as to whether the Kyōto-Ōsaka system, which makes more distinctions, is older or newer than the Tōkyō system.”

“Tōkyō commands a prominent position in the Kantō region on the southern cost of Honshū, Japan's largest island.”

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