Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
 Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
 (Russian) maritime provinces
 Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan);  Honshu
 autonomous prefecture;  autonomous oblast;  autonomous community;  autonomous province
 state capital;  provincial capital;  county town
 land of the gods;  Japan;  China
 provincia;  province of ancient Rome
 National Guard (esp. USA);  National Guard member
 state governor;  governor of a state
 state boundary;  provincial boundary
 another state;  different region
 66-odd provinces of old Japan; (lit.) 60-odd states
 state police;  provincial police
 state-run college;  state university
 state legislature;  state or provincial parliament
 state resident;  people of a state
 the five continents;  Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia;  Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
 America (land mass);  the Americas
 administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states
 state legislature;  state or provincial parliament
 every state;  every province
 Citrus kinokuni (species of mandarin orange)
 Citrus kinokuni (species of mandarin orange)
 state or provincial election
 the six continents;  Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia
 Tungchow Mutiny (1937);  Tongzhou Incident
 Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)
 Rikushū (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
 governor (of province or state);  princes;  lords