県けん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Kanji used
prefecture
Pitch accent
け
ん
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Used in vocabulary (105 in total)
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
within the prefecture
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
prefectural tournament
Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)
prefectural road
prefectural office
Shizuoka Prefecture (Chūbu area)
prefectural ordinance
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
prefectural governor
Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)
outside the prefecture
Gunma Prefecture (Kanto area)
Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)
Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
Ibaraki prefecture
Ibaraki prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Aomori Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
another prefecture; other prefectures
Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Tochigi Prefecture (Kanto area)
Fukushima Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)
Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)
Tokushima Prefecture (Shikoku)
in the prefecture; prefectural
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Kōchi Prefecture (Shikoku)
Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)
Ehime Prefecture (Shikoku)
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Fukui Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Ishikawa Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Okinawa Prefecture
resident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture
prefectural assembly member
Ōita Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Yamagata Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
each prefecture
Toyama Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Saga Prefecture
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
Nagasaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)
Tottori Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
prefectural government; prefectural administration
prefectural assembly member
the same prefecture; the said prefecture
counties and prefectures
prefectural capital
prefectural assembly
prefectural assembly
prefectural police
prefectural party chapter
this prefecture
native of a prefecture
both prefectures
history of a prefecture
entire prefecture; every prefecture
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
southern part of a prefecture
land-locked prefecture
prefecture name
neighboring prefecture; neighbouring prefecture
Udon prefecture (i.e. Kagawa prefecture, famous for its Sanuki udon noodles)
coming to a prefecture
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Kyoto, Osaka and Hokkaido); Tokyo and other prefectures
Okinawa Prefecture
prefectural strengths (conditions, resources)
prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture
centre of a prefecture; heart of a prefecture
neighbouring prefecture
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
prefectural tax
land-locked prefecture
overseas department (administrative division of France)
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
prefectural territory; prefectural area
prefectural expense; prefectural funding
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
autonomous county (of China)
prefectural agriculture experimental station
prefectural police academy; prefectural police training school
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
prefectural training institute
owned by the prefecture; prefectural
prefectural hospital
county-level city (of China)
dominant local newspaper in the prefecture
prefectural animal (chosen as a symbol of the prefecture)
prefectural land; prefectural territory
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.