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東北地方 (Tōhoku Chihō): Tohoku Region.
Kanji in this term
とう
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ほく
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ほう
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on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 東北 (tōhoku, northeast) +‎ 地方 (chihō, region).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーほくちほー [tòóhókúchíꜜhòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːho̞kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕiho̞ː]

Proper noun edit

(とう)(ほく)()(ほう) (Tōhoku Chihō

  1. 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).

References edit

  1. ^ 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