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Readingど
Frequency32%
Used in (112 in total)
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
water well
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.); barrier gate; checkpoint gate
Edo period (1603-1868)
sliding door
glass door
sliding storm shutter
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
wooden door
slatted shutter; louver door (window)
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
old unused well
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen; screen; screen door
content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk
main door at the front of a house; front shutters
side door; side gate
door made of cedar
well digging; well digger
(hinged) door
doorman; gatekeeper
Ryukyuan mission to Edo
hidden door; secret door; trapdoor
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
back door; back entrance
a well equipped with a pulley for drawing water
backdoor; back door
gate money; admission fee
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
large gate (to a castle); front gate; checkpoint (Edo period)
(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian-period palace
temporary stay of a daimyo with his retainers and vassals in the Edo domain, under the Sankin-kōtai system during the Edo period
gravity well (e.g. of a planet)
low gate; side gate
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
type of faceted glass from Edo
trapdoor; trap door; flap door
Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo
folding door
Imado ware (style of unglazed porcelain)
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
bluish-violet; royal purple
grayish blue; greyish blue
bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native
paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma
reed sliding door
Edo-period atmosphere; old Edo charm; nostalgic ambiance of old Tokyo
to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
push-up door; roll-up shutter
artesian well; tapped well
Edo dialect
widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo
door made of interlaced reeds, bamboo, etc.
hinged door
well cleaning
fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
side door
small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage; small garden gate
sliding door
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
Edo-made ukiyo-e
door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework
double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
double sliding door
single-swing(ing) door
have a pass to; have access to
panelled wooden door
top-hinged window shutter (often held open with a pole)
swinging door; double action door
Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period; usu. low-salt and made with rice koji
Edo chrysanthemum; variety of chrysanthemum originally cultivated in Edo; China aster (Callistephus chinensis)
door (with a pivot hinge)
even an unruly horse can be tamed
Edo Senke school of tea ceremony
Koedo; Koedo (train service)
Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
batten door; battened door; ledged door; strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side
fireweed (Erechtites hieracifolia); burnweed; pilewort
sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo)
Edo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)
door; doorway
site of purification rituals; place of harae
Kōdo Station (Hiroshima)
Sakado Station (Ibaraki)
Enokido Station (Chiba)