the east (compass point) / the Orient / an easterly (wind blowing from the east) / (sumo) higher-ranked wrestlers listed on the right of a banzuke / an Eastern Bloc country

East Asia

東アジア: East Asia

talk, speak / word, language, term / Short for 物語 (monogatari): story, tale, narrative

use (noun) / a task, business, an errand

東: east / 乾菓子, 干菓子: cookies

West Asia

言語: language / 原語: the original language

語源: etymology

元号: An era name. / 減劫: (Buddhism) A process whereby human lifespans decline from 80,000 years to 10 years, decreasing by one year each year or each century. / 減号: The negative or minus sign. / 賢劫: