東北地方

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東北地方 (Tōhoku Chihō): Tohoku Region.
Kanji in this term
東 北 地 方
とう
Grade: 2 		ほく
Grade: 2 		ち
Grade: 2 		ほう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 東北 (tōhoku, “northeast”) +‎ 地方 (chihō, “region”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) とーほくちほー [tòóhókúchíꜜhòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːho̞kɯ̟t͡ɕiho̞ː]

Proper noun

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東(とう)北(ほく)地(ち)方(ほう) • (Tōhoku Chihō) 

  1. the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (Akita-ken).

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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