Tokai

Japanese: 東海 - とうかい

[1] [noun] The sea in the east. The sea in the east. ※Keikokushu (827), vol. 1, Oyamafu by Wasekijokyo (Kayo Tounen), “The _fertility of the _East Sea, the sorrow of the _seclusion of _{the northern} mountains.” ※Handful of Sand (1910), by Ishikawa Takuboku, a poem about loving myself: “On the white sand of the shore of a small island in the East Sea , I weep and lie down with a crab.” [Mencius - Li Lou, Vol. 1] [2][1] (From the meaning of a country in the eastern sea) Another name for Japan. The country of Tokai Hime-shi. ※Yonezawa Honshasekishu (1283), vol. 5, “The people of the East Sea do not know cause and effect, do not listen to the Buddhist teachings, and kill living things for food and clothing.” [2] An abbreviation of “Tokaido ( Tokaido ).” *Heike (early 13th century) vol. 5 "These people left the capital of Kokonoe and headed for the thousands of miles away to the East Sea." [3] A place name in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. It is known for the Muramatsu Kokuzo, one of the three great Kokuzo in Japan, and for the many nuclear facilities such as the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, which opened in 1956. Tokai-mura. [4] A place name in western Aichi Prefecture. It is located on the west side of the base of the Chita Peninsula, facing Ise Bay. It is home to heavy chemical industries and forms part of the southern Nagoya coastal industrial area. It was incorporated as a city in 1969. [5] In China, it refers to the East China Sea. Donghai.

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙東の方の海。東方の海。※経国集（827）一・和石上卿小山賦〈賀陽豊年〉「_二東海之肥遁_一、恨_二北山之隠淪_一」※一握の砂（1910）〈石川啄木〉我を愛する歌「東海(トウカイ)の小島の磯の白砂にわれ泣きぬれて蟹とたはむる」〔孟子‐離婁上〕[2][一] (東方の海上にある国の意から) 日本国の異称。東海姫氏国。※米沢本沙石集（1283）五末「彼東海(トウカイ)の人因果をしらず、仏法をきかず、生を殺して食とし、生を殺して衣とす」[二] 「とうかいどう（東海道）」の略。※平家（１３Ｃ前）五「此人々は九重の都をたって、千里の東海におもむき給ふ」[三] 茨城県北東部の地名。日本三大虚空蔵の一つ、村松虚空蔵や、昭和三一年（一九五六）開設の日本原子力研究所など多くの原子力施設があることで知られる。東海村。[四] 愛知県西部の地名。知多半島基部の西側にあり、伊勢湾に面する。重化学工業が立地し、名古屋南部臨海工業地域の一部を形成している。昭和四四年（一九六九）市制。[五] 中国で、東シナ海をいう。トンハイ。

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