県 (けん) | Japanese meaning

県【けん】

Frequency rank: 25,241. – 25,394.

Also【けん】けん

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix

prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

Refers to an administrative division in Japan, which is a region that governs local municipalities. Japan has 47 prefectures, each with its own government and responsibilities.

Tokyo is the most populous prefecture among the 47 in Japan.

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Hasn't it been solved yet? Whose responsibility is it, the prefecture's or the country's?

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Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.

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県【げん・きょう・けん・あがた】

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県【けん】

Alsoけん

Kenfamily or surname

県【けん】

Frequency rank: 25,241. – 25,394.

Also【けん】けん

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix

prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

Refers to an administrative division in Japan, which is a region that governs local municipalities. Japan has 47 prefectures, each with its own government and responsibilities.