北陸

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
北	陸
ほく Grade: 2	りく Grade: 4
on’yomi	kan’on

Etymology edit

Short for 北陸地方.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ほくりく [hòkúríkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞kɯ̟ᵝɾʲikɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun edit

北(ほく)陸(りく) • (Hokuriku)

the area of Japan west of Tokyo by the Sea of Japan

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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