東北地方
Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 東 | 北 | 地 | 方 |
| とう Grade: 2 |
ほく Grade: 2 |
ち Grade: 2 |
ほう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |||
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 東北 (tōhoku, “northeast”) + 地方 (chihō, “region”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]東北地方 • (Tōhoku Chihō)
- the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (Akita-ken).
- Northeast China (a region of China; consisting of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, and sometimes the northeast part of Inner Mongolia)
References
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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