Illustration: At a community-center geography activity, a child lifts the Shizuoka-shaped piece from a large tabletop puzzle of Japan divided along prefectural boundaries. The remaining pieces stay assembled, so its position on central Honshu is evident.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

県けん

ken

prefecture

Example sentences

  1. チューリップは、私わたしたちの県けんの県花けんかです。

    Tulips are our prefecture’s official flower.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 台風たいふうの被害ひがいは数すう県けんにまたがっていた。

    The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしはきっと彼かれと気きが合あうと思おもいます。私わたしたちは同おなじ県けんの出身しゅっしんだから。

    I am sure I’ll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 県

  • 県prefectureOnケンKunかける

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