藩 | [はん, han] (n, n-suf) fiefdom; domain (precursor to current prefectures); (P) #889 [Add to Longdo] | 東北 | [とうほく(P);ひがしきた, touhoku (P); higashikita] (n) (1) north-east; (2) (とうほく only) (See 東北地方) Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); (P) #1,619 [Add to Longdo] | 中部 | [ちゅうぶ, chuubu] (n) (1) center; centre; middle; heart; (2) (abbr) (See 中部地方) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures); (P) #2,454 [Add to Longdo] | 坂東 | [ばんどう, bandou] (n) (See 関東地方) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures) #11,129 [Add to Longdo] | 廃藩置県 | [はいはんちけん, haihanchiken] (n) abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871) #18,851 [Add to Longdo] | 各県 | [かくけん, kakuken] (n, adj-no) all prefectures [Add to Longdo] | 関東地方 | [かんとうちほう, kantouchihou] (n) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures) [Add to Longdo] | 近畿地方 | [きんきちほう, kinkichihou] (n) Kinki region (inc. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures) [Add to Longdo] | 近県 | [きんけん, kinken] (n) neighboring prefectures; neighbouring prefectures [Add to Longdo] | 郡県 | [ぐんけん, gunken] (n) counties and prefectures [Add to Longdo] |
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