山口県

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Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
けん
Grade: 3
kun’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
山口縣 (kyūjitai)

EtymologyEdit

From 山口 (Yamaguchi) +‎ (-ken, prefecture).

PronunciationEdit

  • (Tokyo) まぐちけん [yàmágúchíꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper nounEdit

(やま)(ぐち)(けん) (Yamaguchi-ken

  1. a prefecture in the 中国 (Chūgoku) region of Japan facing the Seto Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 山口 (Yamaguchi)

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN