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JLPT N2no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

県けん外がい

kengai

outside the prefecture

Example sentences

  1. 関西かんさいで二郎系にろうけいのラーメンが食しょくせる店みせが他たにないこともあり、県外けんがいからの客きゃくも多おおい。

    Partly because there is no other store that serves Jiro type ramen in Kansai, many customers are from outside the prefecture.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 同県どうけんでは長ながらく、酒造しゅぞうが盛さかんなわりには酒米さかまいの供給きょうきゅうを県外けんがいからの移入いにゅうに依存いぞんしていた。

    Although sake brewing had been popular in Kochi Prefecture, it depended on areas outside the prefecture for supplies of sakamai.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 紅生姜べにしょうがについても、賛否両論さんぴりょうろんがあるが、広島ひろしま県外けんがいの店舗てんぽでは広島風ひろしまふうお好このみ焼やきにも紅生姜べにしょうがが載のってくる場合ばあいが多おおい。

    As for beni-shoga there are arguments for and against it, but in the shops except for those in Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshimafu-okonomiyaki often has beni-shoga included.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 県外

  • 県prefectureOnケンKunかける
  • 外outsideOnガイ・ゲKunそと・ほか・はずす

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