きない
Meanings
Noun
1. territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
Pitch accent
ない
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi