Keyword
prefecture
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig552
Old form
Readings
けん
(98%)
Composed of
eye
picture frame
small
Used in kanji (1 in total)
prefecture [old]
Used in vocabulary (137 in total)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
within the prefecture
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
Okinawa prefecture
prefectural police
Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
Ibaraki prefecture
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
prefectural tournament
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu)
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
prefectural road
Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)
outside the prefecture
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
prefectural office
Fukui prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
Ehime prefecture (Shikoku)
Nara prefecture (Kinki area)
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Ōita prefecture (Kyūshū)
Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Kagawa prefecture (Shikoku)
Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)
prefectural governor
Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)
another prefecture; other prefectures
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)
Saga prefecture (Kyushu)
citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
Tokushima prefecture (Shikoku)
in the prefecture; prefectural
Tottori prefecture (Chūgoku area)
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
prefectural ordinance
each prefecture; all prefectures
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture
prefectural assembly member
prefectural high school; public high school
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
prefectural government; prefectural administration
prefectural assembly member
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
the same prefecture
prefectural assembly member
prefectural assembly
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
counties and prefectures
prefectural party chapter
(under) prefectural management
both prefectures
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Kyoto, Osaka and Hokkaido); Tokyo and other prefectures
other prefectures
prefectural capital
this prefecture
native of a prefecture
prefectural assembly
prefectural police
association of people from the same prefecture
territorial ruler (Yamato-period)
southern part of a prefecture
prefectural strengths (conditions, resources)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
prefectural senior high school; public senior high school
county and prefecture system
land-locked prefecture
neighboring prefecture; neighbouring prefecture
coming to a prefecture
prefectural flower; floral emblem for a prefecture
character traits of the people of a prefecture
prefectural police headquarters
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
prefectural tax
prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture
prefectural bird
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
centre of a prefecture; heart of a prefecture
overseas department (administrative division of France)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
land-locked prefecture
prefectural territory; prefectural area
prefectural medical school
owned by the prefecture
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
making a prefecture a travel destination; tourism-promoting prefecture
prefectural expense; prefectural funding
prefectural tax; prefectural residents' tax
county-level city (of China)
prefectural system (as existed from 1890-1947)
prefectural hospital
prefectural health sciences university
prefectural training institute
prefectural police academy; prefectural police training school
prefectural agriculture experimental station
autonomous county (of China)
dominant local newspaper in the prefecture
minor local newspaper
prefectural land; prefectural territory
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
putting a prefecture on the map (e.g. as a tourist destination); promotion of a prefecture
prefectural tax
Kenchōmae Station (Hyōgo)
Examples (59 in total)
This river forms the boundary between the two prefectures.
There are 43 prefectures in Japan.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.