鹿児島県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿 児 島 県
か
Grade: 4 		こ > ご
Grade: 4 		しま
Grade: 3 		けん
Grade: 3
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
鹿兒島縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 鹿児島 (Kagoshima) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かごしまけん [kàgóshímáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡo̞ɕima̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま)県(けん) • (Kagoshima-ken) 

  1. a prefecture in Japan comprising the southern part of 九州 (Kyūshū, “Kyushu”) facing the Pacific Ocean and nearby islands; its capital city is also 鹿児島 (Kagoshima)

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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