県 (けん) — prefecture
県
prefecture
Frequency #177
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 3
1 character
noun
ken
けん
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
けん[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- prefecture
Explained in simple Japanese
- 日本を 四十七に わけた ところの ひとつ。
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Usage examples
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一八七一年、政府は藩をなくし、県を置く廃藩置県を行いました。
Senhappyakunanajuuichi nen, seifu wa han o nakushi, ken o oku haihan chiken o okonaimashita.
In 1871, the government carried out the abolition of domains and establishment of prefectures, removing the domains and replacing them with prefectures.
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