Keyword
prefecture
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig552
Old form縣
Readings
けん
(98%)
Composed of
eye
picture frame
small
Used in kanji (1 in total)
prefecture [old]
Used in vocabulary (292 in total)
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
within the prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
Shizuoka Prefecture (Chūbu area)
Ibaraki prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)
Gunma Prefecture (Kanto area)
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)
Tochigi Prefecture (Kanto area)
Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Aomori Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Fukui Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)
Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Ehime Prefecture (Shikoku)
Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)
Ishikawa Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Ōita Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Nagasaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Kōchi Prefecture (Shikoku)
Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Yamagata Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Saga Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)
resident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture (Shikoku)
Tottori Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
outside the prefecture
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
prefectural road
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
prefectural office
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
prefectural police
prefectural tournament
each prefecture
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
prefectural assembly
prefectural high school; public high school
prefectural party chapter
prefectural governor
Kanagawa Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Kyoto, Osaka and Hokkaido); Tokyo and other prefectures
another prefecture; other prefectures
prefectural assembly member
prefectural government; prefectural administration
Saitama Prefectural Police (abbr)
(under) prefectural management
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
prefectural assembly member
prefectural police headquarters
both prefectures
Chiba Prefectural Police (abbr)
in the prefecture; prefectural
one metropolis and three prefectures (i.e. the Tokyo area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama)
Aichi Prefectural Police (abbr)
neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
prefectural ordinance
public housing provided by a prefecture; prefectural housing
Hyogo Prefectural Police (abbr)
Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)
prefectural assembly member
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
Yamanashi Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefectural strengths (conditions, resources)
prefectural police headquarters
entire prefecture; every prefecture
northern part of a prefecture
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
Nagano Prefectural Police (abbr)
Kanagawa Prefectural Office
Fukuoka Prefectural Police (abbr)
Gunma Prefectural Police (abbr)
all prefectures (of Japan)
southern part of a prefecture
Niigata Prefectural Police (abbr)
abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures (1871)
Ibaraki Prefectural Police (abbr)
the same prefecture; the said prefecture
Gifu Prefectural Police (abbr)
Shizuoka Prefectural Police (abbr)
Tochigi Prefectural Police (abbr)
Toyama Prefectural Police (abbr)
this prefecture
Fukushima Prefectural Police (abbr)
Hiroshima Prefectural Police (abbr)
other prefectures
Shiga Prefectural Police (abbr)
Miyagi Prefectural Police (abbr)
license plate issued in another prefecture
counties and prefectures
prefectural capital
owned by the prefecture; prefectural
Okinawa Prefectural Police (abbr)
association of people from the same prefecture
Mie Prefectural Police (abbr)
Chiba Prefectural Central Museum; Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
coming to a prefecture
Aomori Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefectural assembly
prefectural police
Kumamoto Prefectural Police (abbr)
Kagawa Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefectural territory; prefectural area
Wakayama Prefectural Police (abbr)
Prefectural University of Hiroshima
native of a prefecture
Nara Prefectural Police (abbr)
Udon prefecture (i.e. Kagawa prefecture, famous for its Sanuki udon noodles)
prefectural land; prefectural territory
centre of a prefecture; heart of a prefecture
Ehime Prefectural Police (abbr)
Akita Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefecture name
neighbouring prefecture
neighboring prefecture; neighbouring prefecture
Kagoshima Prefectural Police (abbr)
Ōita Prefectural Police (abbr)
land-locked prefecture
Nagasaki Prefectural Police (abbr)
Tottori Prefectural Police (abbr)
history of a prefecture
Fukui Prefectural Police (abbr)
Yamagata Prefectural Police (abbr)
Yamaguchi Prefectural Police (abbr)
Okayama Prefectural Police (abbr)
territorial ruler (Yamato period)
character traits of the people of a prefecture; prefectural characteristic; regional characteristic
Kōchi Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefectural senior high school; public senior high school
prefectural police academy; prefectural police training school
prefectural tax
prefectural hospital
county and prefecture system
one metropolis and three prefectures (i.e. the Tokyo area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama)
Shimane Prefectural Police (abbr)
Saga Prefectural Police (abbr)
overseas department (administrative division of France)
Tokushima Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefectural flower; floral emblem for a prefecture
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
Iwate Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefectural animal (chosen as a symbol of the prefecture)
Okinawa Prefecture
prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture
prefectural medical school
Miyazaki Prefectural Police (abbr)
Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
prefectural tax; prefectural residents' tax
prefectural bird
minor local newspaper
making a prefecture a travel destination; tourism-promoting prefecture
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
prefectural citizens' day
prefectural health sciences university
land-locked prefecture
putting a prefecture on the map (e.g. as a tourist destination); promotion of a prefecture
prefectural expense; prefectural funding
county-level city (of China)
prefectural system (as existed from 1890-1947)
prefectural training institute
prefectural agriculture experimental station
autonomous county (of China)
dominant local newspaper in the prefecture
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
prefectural tax
prefecture of birth; prefecture of origin
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
Yamagata Prefectural Yonezawa University of Nutrition Sciences
Ishikawa Prefectural Police (abbr)
Examples (59 in total)
This river forms the boundary between the two prefectures.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.
There are 43 prefectures in Japan.