都道府県
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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都 | 道 | 府 | 県 |
と Grade: 3 | どう Grade: 2 | ふ Grade: 4 | けん Grade: 3 |
kan’on | goon | kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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都道府縣 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
都 (“(Tokyo) Metropolis”, literally “capital”) + 道 (“(Hokkaido) Prefecture”, literally “circuit”) + 府 (“(Kyoto and Osaka) Prefectures”, literally “subdivision”) + 県 (“(other) prefectures”)
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) とどーふけん [tòdóóf
úꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1] - (Tokyo) とどーふけん [tòdóóf
úkéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1] - IPA(key): [to̞do̞ːɸɯ̟̊ᵝkẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
都道府県 • (todōfuken) ←とだうふけん (todaufuken)?
- Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures and other prefectures (collectively, as the prefectural (prefecture-level) administrative divisions of Japan)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 都道府県議会 (Todōfuken Gikai)
- 都道府県組合 (Todōfuken Kumiai)
- 都道府県警察 (Todōfuken Keisatsu)
- 都道府県公安委員会 (Todōfuken Kōan Iinkai)
- 都道府県条例 (Todōfuken Jōrei)
- 都道府県税 (Todōfuken-zei)
- 都道府県地域防災計画 (Todōfuken Chiiki Bōsai Keikaku)
- 都道府県知事 (Todōfuken Chiji)
- 都道府県庁所在地 (Todōfukenchō-sho zaichi)
- 都道府県道 (Todōfuken-dō)
- 都道府県防災会議 (Todōfuken Bōsai Kaigi)
- 都道府県自然環境保全地域 (Todōfuken Shizen Kankyō Hozen Chiiki)
- 都道府県労働委員会 (Todōfuken Rōdō Iinkai)
- 都道府県労働局 (Todōfuken Rōdō-kyoku)
See also
- 道府県 (dōfuken, “Hokkaido, Osaka, Kyoto and other prefectures”)
- 府県 (fuken, “Osaka, Kyoto and other prefectures”)
- 都道 (todō)
- 市町村 (shichōson, “cities, towns and villages”, sub-prefectural subdivisions)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN