長野県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
けん
Grade: 3
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
長野縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 長野 (Nagano) +‎ (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がのけん [nàgánóꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɡa̠no̞kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

(なが)()(けん) • (Nagano-ken

  1. an inland prefecture in the 中部 (Chūbu) region of Japan; its capital city is also 長野 (Nagano)

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