佐賀県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佐 賀 県
さ
Grade: 4 		が
Grade: 4 		けん
Grade: 3
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
佐賀縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 佐賀 (Saga) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さがけん [sàgáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɡa̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

佐(さ)賀(が)県(けん) • (Saga-ken) 

  1. a prefecture in Japan on the northwestern part of 九州 (Kyūshū, “Kyushu”) facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 佐賀 (Saga)

See also

prefectures of Japan: 日本edit

References

  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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