都道府県

都 (“(Tokyo) Metropolis”, literally “capital”) +‎ 道 (“(Hokkaido) Prefecture”, literally “circuit”) +‎ 府 (“(Kyoto and Osaka) Prefectures”, literally “subdivision”) +‎ 県 (“(other) prefectures”)

• (Tokyo) とどーふけん [tòdóófúꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
• (Tokyo) とどーふけん [tòdóófúkéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞do̞ːɸɯ̟̊kẽ̞ɴ]

都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん) • (todōfuken) ^{←とだうふけん (todaufuken)?}

1. Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures and other prefectures (collectively, as the prefectural (prefecture-level) administrative divisions of Japan)

• 道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん) (dōfuken, “Hokkaido, Osaka, Kyoto and other prefectures”)
• 府(ふ)県(けん) (fuken, “Osaka, Kyoto and other prefectures”)
• 都(と)道(どう) (todō)
• 市(し)町(ちょう)村(そん) (shichōson, “cities, towns and villages”, sub-prefectural subdivisions)