Lingaku県【けん】
Frequency rank: 25,241. – 25,394.
- prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix
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- 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.
Used to denote a territorial division in various countries, often serving as an administrative region within a larger area such as a state or province.
In the context of France, this refers to an administrative division of the country that is smaller than a region but larger than a commune, typically used for local governance.
Departments in France are situated between regions and municipalities.
Refers to an administrative region in countries like Italy and Spain, often serving as a subdivision of a larger unit, similar to a county.
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Example sentences
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Hasn't it been solved yet? Whose responsibility is it, the prefecture's or the country's?
Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.
Prefectures are governmental divisions of France and Japan.
I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.
The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.
Six high-tech companies set up branch offices in that prefecture.
The prefectural police chief tried to tighten his police officers' discipline.
In Japan there are 43 prefectures, 2 urban prefectures, 1 circuit and a metropolis.
Shizuoka, one of Japan's prefectures, faces the Pacific Ocean.