島根県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しま
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
けん
Grade: 3
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
島根縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 島根 (Shimane) +‎ (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まねけん [shìmánéꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕima̠ne̞kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

(しま)()(けん) • (Shimane-ken

  1. a prefecture in the 中国 (Chūgoku) region of Japan facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is 松江 (Matsue)

See also

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