ミヤコ
Meanings
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
Pitch accent
ミ
ヤコ
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
Tokyo bitterling (Tanakia tanago)
City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
leaving (fleeing) the capital
avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare
arriving in the capital
city style; metropolitan
Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai city)
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
Miyako Konbu (sweet and sour snack made from dried kelp); Nakano no Miyako Konbu
miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
direction of the capital (esp. Kyoto)
Examples (4 in total)
Venice is a city on water.
Nara is a very old city.
London is no longer a city of fog.