県
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
けん
Used in vocabulary
Examples9
チューリップ
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.
高松
The Takamatsuzuka burial mound is located in Asukamura, Nara prefecture.
ここ
The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.
私
I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.
日本
There are 43 prefectures in Japan.
日本
How many prefectures are there in Japan?