Onyomi: ケン · Kunyomi: か.ける · Meanings: prefecture
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 県 | けん | prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.) | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 県 | あがた | territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.) | Noun |
| 県知事 | けんちじ | prefectural governor | common Noun |
| 県道 | けんどう | prefectural road | common Noun |
| 県庁 | けんちょう | prefectural office | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 県境 | けんざかい | prefectural border, prefectural boundary | Noun |
| 県花 | けんか | prefectural flower, floral emblem for a prefecture | Noun |
| 県下 | けんか | in the prefecture, prefectural | common Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 県民 | けんみん | resident of a prefecture, citizen of a prefecture | common Noun |
| 県外 | けんがい | outside the prefecture | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
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