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.
This mountain straddles two prefectures.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.
This river forms the boundary between the two prefectures.
This place seems to be a pretty dangerous prefecture, so you should be careful.
In terms of area, it's the fourth-smallest prefecture in Japan.
The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.
Last night, after I fell asleep, a murder took place in the neighboring prefecture.
I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.