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the east (compass point)

the Orient

an easterly (wind blowing from the east)

higher-ranked wrestlers listed on the right of a banzuke

an Eastern Bloc country

Kamakura and/or Edo, as opposed to Kyoto and Osaka

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a historical red-light district in Edo located east of Edo Castle, today in Fukagawa, Kōtō, Tokyo prefecture

Short for 東本願寺 (Higashi Hongan-ji): a Buddhist temple in Shimogyō, Kyoto, Japan

Higashi (multiple places throughout Japan, especially referring to a ward in Okayama, Kumamoto, Sakai, Sapporo, Nagoya, Niigata, Hamamatsu, Hiroshima and Fukuoka)

A former ward of Osaka, Japan

a surname

the east

the east

the lands east of the (miyako, imperial capital)

during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, the Kamakura region or its titular 幕府 (bakufu, shogunate), as opposed to the imperial capital of Kyoto

during the Edo period, the region around Edo

Short for 東つ (azumatsu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Short for 東琴 (azumagoto): a six-stringed Japanese zither

Short for 東下駄 (azumageta): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

a placename

a female given name

a surname

Short for 関東 (Kantō):: the Kantō region of Japan

Short for 東国 (Tōgoku): a historical administrative division of Japan, corresponding to the modern Kantō and Tōkai regions

Short for 東京 (Tōkyō): Tokyo

a surname

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east wind (mahjong tile)

a (yaku, winning hand) with a triplet or quad of east wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2 (han, doubles)

a surname

a surname

a male given name

a male given name

a surname

a male given name

east

the east

the lands east of the (mi1yako1, imperial capital)

the east

east

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