大分県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 分 県
おお
Grade: 1
いた
Grade: 2
けん
Grade: 3
kun’yomi nanori kan’on
Alternative spelling
大分縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 大分 (Ōita, “Oita”) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おおいた​けん [òóítáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːita̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

大(おお)分(いた)県(けん) • (Ōita-ken) ←おほいたけん (ofoitaken)?

  1. a prefecture in Japan on the northeastern part of 九州 (Kyūshū, “Kyushu”) facing the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is also 大分 (Ōita, “Oita”)

See also

References

  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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