Illustration: In a small geography museum, a guide and two children stand around a raised relief model of Japan with its familiar island shapes clearly recognizable. The guide runs a hand over the northern section of Honshu, immediately below Hokkaido, while leaving the rest of Honshu fully visible.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

北ほく部ぶ

hokubu

northern part

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの家いえは市しの北部ほくぶにある。

    My house is in the northern part of the city.

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  2. 街まちの北部ほくぶのほうが、人口じんこうが多おおい。

    More people live in the northern part of the city.

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  3. 北部ほくぶの冬ふゆは長ながいけど、夏なつは短みじかい。

    Winters in the north are long, but summers are short.

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Kanji in 北部

  • 北northOnホクKunきた
  • 部section; bureauOnブ

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