山陰地方

さんいんちほう

Meanings

1. Noun San'in region (i.e.: region of western Honshu incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)

Kanji

• 山 mountain. Read as サン.
• 陰 shade. Read as イン.
• 地 land
• 方 direction. Read as ホウ.

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