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けん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Alt. forms
県けん
99%
縣けん
けん
Pitch accent
け
ん
Used in vocabulary (103 in total)
prefectural capital
Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
prefectural assembly member
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
outside the prefecture
Gunma Prefecture (Kanto area)
Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)
in the prefecture; prefectural
Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)
each prefecture
prefectural police
coming to a prefecture
centre of a prefecture; heart of a prefecture
prefectural expense; prefectural funding
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
within the prefecture
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)
Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)
Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
Ibaraki prefecture
Ibaraki prefecture
Aomori Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
another prefecture; other prefectures
Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Tochigi Prefecture (Kanto area)
Fukushima Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)
Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)
Tokushima Prefecture (Shikoku)
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Kōchi Prefecture (Shikoku)
Ehime Prefecture (Shikoku)
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Okinawa Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Ishikawa Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
resident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Ōita Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Yamagata Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Toyama Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Saga Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
Tottori Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
prefectural government; prefectural administration
the same prefecture; the said prefecture
prefectural assembly member
counties and prefectures
prefectural party chapter
this prefecture
prefectural assembly
prefectural assembly
native of a prefecture
both prefectures
history of a prefecture
entire prefecture; every prefecture
land-locked prefecture
southern part of a prefecture
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
prefecture name
neighboring prefecture; neighbouring prefecture
prefectural university
Udon prefecture (i.e. Kagawa prefecture, famous for its Sanuki udon noodles)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Kyoto, Osaka and Hokkaido); Tokyo and other prefectures
prefectural strengths (conditions, resources)
prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture
prefectural tax
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
neighbouring prefecture
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
prefectural territory; prefectural area
overseas department (administrative division of France)
owned by the prefecture; prefectural
county-level city (of China)
prefectural hospital
prefectural training institute
prefectural police academy; prefectural police training school
prefectural agriculture experimental station
autonomous county (of China)
dominant local newspaper in the prefecture
prefectural land; prefectural territory
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
prefectural animal (chosen as a symbol of the prefecture)
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.
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