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English Meanings:
noun
- commune
English Meanings:
noun
- state
English Meanings:
noun
- police
- polis (ancient Greek city state)
suffix
- -city
学区
[がっく]
gakku
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- school district; school area
English Meanings:
noun
- ward; borough; city (in Tokyo)
- district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
県
[けん]
ken
noun, noun, used as a suffix
Alternate Written Forms:
縣
[けん]
ken
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English Meanings:
noun, noun, used as a suffix
- prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
English Meanings:
noun
- market; fair
市
[し]
shi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
English Meanings:
noun, noun, used as a suffix
- city
自治体
[じちたい]
jichitai
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
州
[しゅう]
shuu
noun, noun, used as a suffix, suffix
Alternate Written Forms:
English Meanings:
noun, noun, used as a suffix
- state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); canton (e.g. Switzerland); oblast (e.g. Russia); department (e.g. ancient China)
- continent
suffix
- dear (after someone's name)
English Meanings:
noun
- sandbank; sandbar
Alternate Written Forms:
國
[くに]
kuni
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English Meanings:
noun
- country; state
- region
- national government; central government
- home (i.e. hometown, home country)
- province (of Japan)
- land; earth
省
[しょう]
shou
noun, noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix
English Meanings:
noun, noun, used as a suffix
- ministry; department
- province (of China)
noun, used as a prefix
- saving; conserving
English Meanings:
noun
- mid-ocean sandbank
県
[あがた]
agata
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
縣
[あがた]
agata
Outdated Kanji
English Meanings:
noun
- territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.)
- countryside
故国
[ここく]
kokoku
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- one's native land
母国
[ぼこく]
bokoku
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- one's home country; one's homeland
English Meanings:
noun
- motherland
王国
[おうこく]
oukoku
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- kingdom; monarchy
故国
[ここく]
kokoku
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- one's native land