きょう
Meanings
Noun
1. imperial capital (esp. Kyoto)
when read as "きょう"
2. final word of an iroha poem
when read as "きょう"
Numeric
3. 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000; ten quadrillion
usu. けい
Pitch accent
きょ
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Used in vocabulary (64 in total)
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm); Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm)
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard
Heian-kyō; former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869
departure from the capital
Kyoto products
coming to a capital city (esp. Tokyo or Kyoto)
Kyoto (city, prefecture)
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area)
new capital; Hsinking (capital of Japanese puppet state Manchukuo; current-day Changchun); Xinjing
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara)
Kyotoite; Kyoto person
Kyoto style; urbanity; refinement
Nagoya (city); Chūkyō metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya); Chūkyō region
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
Kyoto woman
Kyoto vegetables; vegetables traditionally grown in and around Kyoto
Kyoto man; man from Kyoto
the direction of Kyoto; Kansai area; citizens of Kyoto; nobles
classical Chinese opera
British capital; London
former capital region (i.e. Kyoto and its environs)
Kyoto dyeing; dyed textiles from Kyoto
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794); Nagaokakyō (city)
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
Kyoyuzen dyeing; Kyoto printed silk
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
gossipy Kyotoite
vicinity of Kyoto
the two capitals (e.g. Tokyo and Kyoto, Chang'an and Luoyang)
jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
kyokabe; Kyoto-style wall made from clay, sand and straw
traditional Kyoto dance
the dreams of Kyoto, the dreams of Osaka
Kyoto University Graduate School
financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)
even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them; (lit.) (even) Kyoto is rustic in places
ruddy turnstone (species of sandpiper, Arenaria interpres)
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
somewhat reddish purple
public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryō system)
shrimp-shaped taro variety
Ikyōshuu (Muromachi-period dictionary)
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Sankyokasei Corporation
Nishinokyō Special Needs School (older name style)
Bunkyō Women's University
Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd. (abbr)
Kyoto Bank (abbr)
Kyoto University (abbr)
style that is fashionable in the capital
water from the capital (Kyoto), rumored to have a whitening effect; type of washing lotion from the end of the Edo period
Ōtsukyō Station