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Kanji in this term
鹿

Grade: 4
こ > ご
Grade: 4
しま
Grade: 3
けん
Grade: 3
kun’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
鹿兒島縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From 鹿児島 (Kagoshima) +‎ (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ごしまけん [kàgóshímáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡo̞ɕima̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun edit

鹿()()(しま)(けん) (Kagoshima-ken

  1. a prefecture in Japan comprising the southern part of 九州 (Kyūshū, Kyushu) facing the Pacific Ocean and nearby islands; its capital city is also 鹿児島 (Kagoshima)

See also edit

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