くわんさい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くわんさい – see the following entry.
【関西かんさい】
[proper noun] Kansai (a traditional region in central Japan, that includes the cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Nara, their associated urban prefectures, and the surrounding prefectures of Hyogo, Wakayama, Mie, and Shiga)
[proper noun] (historical) the area west of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”)
(This term, くわんさい (kwansai), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
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