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.)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
within the prefecture
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.
I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.
The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.
The village which I visited last summer was a small one in Nagano Prefecture.
He is from some small town in Nagano.
My parents were born in Aichi Prefecture.
What is the population of Hyogo prefecture?
I live in Hyogo Prefecture.
My friend lives on the border between Kyoto and Osaka.
How many prefectures are there in Japan?
The economy of Aomori Prefecture depends heavily on apple growing.
Kyoto Prefecture's capital is Kyoto City.
Saga Prefecture's capital is Saga City.
Hyogo Prefecture's capital is Kobe City.
Hokkaido Prefecture's capital is Sapporo City.
Chiba Prefecture's capital is Chiba City.
Oita Prefecture's capital is Oita City.
Osaka Prefecture's capital is Osaka City.
Nara Prefecture's capital is Nara City.
Miyagi Prefecture's capital is Sendai City.
Miyazaki Prefecture's capital is Miyazaki City.
Toyama Prefecture's capital is Toyama City.
Yamaguchi Prefecture's capital is Yamaguchi City.
Yamagata Prefecture's capital is Yamagata City.
Yamanashi Prefecture's capital is Kofu City.
Gifu Prefecture's capital is Gifu City.
Okayama Prefecture's capital is Okayama City.
Iwate Prefecture's capital is Morioka City.
Shimane Prefecture's capital is Matsue City.
Hiroshima Prefecture's capital is Hiroshima City.
Tokushima Prefecture's capital is Tokushima City.
Ehime Prefecture's capital is Matsuyama City.
Aichi Prefecture's capital is Nagoya City.
Niigata Prefecture's capital is Niigata City.
Okinawa Prefecture's capital is Naha City.
Shiga Prefecture's capital is Otsu City.
Kumamoto Prefecture's capital is Kumamoto City.
Ishikawa Prefecture's capital is Kanazawa City.
Kanagawa Prefecture's capital is Yokohama City.
Fukui Prefecture's capital is Fukui City.
Fukuoka Prefecture's capital is Fukuoka City.
Fukushima Prefecture's capital is Fukushima City.
Akita Prefecture's capital is Akita City.
Gunma Prefecture's capital is Maebashi City.
Ibaraki Prefecture's capital is Mito City.
Nagasaki Prefecture's capital is Nagasaki City.
Nagano Prefecture's capital is Nagano City.
Aomori Prefecture's capital is Aomori City.
Shizuoka Prefecture's capital is Shizuoka City.
Kagawa Prefecture's capital is Takamatsu City.
Kochi Prefecture's capital is Kochi City.
Tottori Prefecture's capital is Tottori City.
Saitama Prefecture's capital is Saitama City.
Wakayama Prefecture's capital is Wakayama City.
Kagoshima Prefecture's capital is Kagoshima City.
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.
Tochigi Prefecture's capital is Utsunomiya City.