山陽地方

さんようちほう

Meanings

1. Noun San'yō region (i.e.: region of western Honshu incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)

Kanji

• 山 mountain. Read as サン.
• 陽 sunshine. Read as ヨウ.
• 地 land
• 方 direction. Read as ホウ.

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