青森県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	森	県
あお Grade: 1	もり Grade: 1	けん Grade: 3
kun'yomi		kan'on

Alternative spelling
靑森縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 青森 (Aomori) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あおもりけん [àómóríꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠o̞mo̞ɾʲikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

青(あお)森(もり)県(けん) • (Aomori-ken) ^{←あをもりけん (Awomoriken)^?}

a prefecture in 東北 (Tōhoku) region of Japan; its capital city is also 青森 (Aomori)

See also

References

^ 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