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yokohama

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for yokohama.

Editorial note

For anyone looking for recommendations, I really enjoyed Pluto, Yokohama Shopping Log, and Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games.

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Quick take

The capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of yokohama gathered in one view.

noun

The capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo.

noun

A town in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for yokohama.

noun

The capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo.

noun

A town in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Example sentences

1

For anyone looking for recommendations, I really enjoyed Pluto, Yokohama Shopping Log, and Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games.

2

Japan is a lot safer than almost anywhere else in the world, so you get preteen kids from Yokohama going to hang out in Tokyo.

3

If the japanese mafia decided to open a shelter for puppies in yokohama, I would look at it in a pretty similar light.

4

Here's Yokohama Sushi in downtown Los Angeles.

5

I spent October and November in Yokohama and Tokyo.

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You'll be joining a vibrant and growing team in Yokohama Japan—successful applicants will be provided with the necessary working visa for Japan, accommodation, national health insurance and a very competitive salary.

7

Of course, if you lived in Tokyo, you could live an hour away from things and still live in a city with good public transport (Saitama, yokohama, chiba, etc).

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Not too far off topic: a US war planner during world war 2 took Yokohama off the list of Japanese cities to be annihilated with bombing because he and his wife visited that city and loved it.

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An interesting extreme case is the south-east side of Yokohama station, where they (stupidly) put in one the most insane messes of concentrated roadways I've ever seen [not just 8+ lane roads, but 4-5 vertical levels of roadways!].

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We're hoping to move back to Yokohama semi-permanently in the next couple years, and one of our primary goals is to bring more of that mentality back to the people who can do something with it, since even Japan's most 'creative' fields appear sorely lacking.

Quote examples

1

Actually, Tokyo is so huge that "suburb" could mean anything from Shibuya, to the second largest city in Japan (Yokohama).

2

For example I just searched for "museum about noodles in tokyo" and it correctly came up with the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum.

3

From the same article: So when, in 1880, American diplomats in Japan "tried" and convicted one American for killing another in Yokohama Bay, they did not need a jury to convict.

Proper noun examples

1

Biking on the sidewalk is illegal in NY– in Yokohama, it's rare to see a cyclist anywhere but the sidewalk.

2

Osaka's population peaked around 2017.[1] The only major city in Japan not on a downtrend is Yokohama, which is in the Greater Tokyo area.

3

My brother once sent a letter by post to a friend; from Yokohama, Japan to suburban Sydney, Australia.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use yokohama in a sentence?

For anyone looking for recommendations, I really enjoyed Pluto, Yokohama Shopping Log, and Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games.

What does yokohama mean?

The capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo.

What part of speech is yokohama?

yokohama is commonly used as noun.