ケン
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
This place seems to be a pretty dangerous prefecture, so you should be careful.
Pitch accent
ケ
ン
Used in vocabulary (103 in total)
prefectural capital
outside the prefecture
Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)
Examples (11 in total)
There are 43 prefectures in Japan.
I'm going to evacuate to another prefecture for a bit.
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.