ケン
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Pitch accent
ケ
ン
Used in vocabulary (103 in total)
prefectural capital
outside the prefecture
Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)
Examples (6 in total)
There are 43 prefectures in Japan.
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.