みやこ – Vocabulary details

みやこ

Noun

1. capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government

2. capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light)

3. location of the Imperial Palace

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City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)

leaving (fleeing) the capital

Kyoto

ヴェネツィアは水みずのみやこです。

Venice is a city on water.

奈な良らはとても古ふるいみやこです。

Nara is a very old city.

ロンドンはもはや霧きりのみやこではない。

London is no longer a city of fog.

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