Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ちょう
Grade: 1
そん
Grade: 1
kan’on goon
 市町村 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From () (shi, city) + 町村(ちょうそん) (chōson, towns and villages).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(ちょう)(そん) (shichōsonしちやうそん (sityauson)?

  1. cities, towns, and villages (collectively, as sub-prefectural administrative divisions)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN