県
けん
Also written 縣
Meanings
- Noun, Noun suffix prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Kanji
- 県 prefecture. Read as ケン.
Example sentences
- チューリップは、私たちの県の県花です。
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower. - ６つの先端技術の会社がその県に支社を設立した。
Six high-tech companies set up branch offices in that prefecture. - 私はきっと彼と気が合うと思います。私たちは同じ県の出身だから。
I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture. - 府県はフランスや日本の行政区域である。
Prefectures are governmental divisions of France and Japan. - まだ解決していないのか？県と国のどちらが責任？
Hasn't it been solved yet? Whose responsibility is it, the prefecture's or the country's?
Common phrases
Words containing 県
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