東亜

See also: 東亞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	亜
とう Grade: 2	あ Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
東亞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーあ [tóꜜòà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːa̠]

Proper noun

東(とう)亜(あ) • (Tōa) ^{←とうあ (Toua)?}

1. (possibly obsolete) East Asia (a region of Asia)

   Synonym: (common) 東アジア (Higashi Ajia)

   大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ)共(きょう)栄(えい)圏(けん)

   Dai Tōa Kyōeiken

   Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Derived terms

• 東(とう)亜(あ)新(しん)秩(ちつ)序(じょ) (Tōa shinchitsujo)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.