かんとう

See also: かんどう, がんとう, and がんどう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かんとう – see the following entries.

【関東】 [proper noun] Short for 関東地方 (Kantō-chihō): A geographical region in eastern Japan that includes the capital city of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures [proper noun] (historical) the area east of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) or later, east of 箱根の関 (Hakone-no-seki, “tollgate of Mount Hakone”) [proper noun] (archaic) the area to the east of 函谷関 (Kankoku-kan, “Hangu Pass”) [proper noun] (archaic) the area to the east of 山海関 (Sankai-kan, “Shanhai Pass”) [proper noun] a surname [noun] (historical, colloquial) the shogunate

【巻頭】 [noun] beginning / opening of a book

【敢闘】 [noun] brave fighting [verb] to fight bravely

【完投】 [noun] (baseball) complete game [verb] (baseball) to pitch / throw a complete game

(This term, かんとう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 間島, 間道, 関頭, 竿灯, 竿頭, 官倒, 官当, 官稲, 官等, 款冬, 寒冬, 寒灯, 缶桃, 奸盗.)