佐賀県

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 4
けん
Grade: 3
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
佐賀縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 佐賀 (Saga) + (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けん [sàgáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɡa̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

()()(けん) • (Saga-ken) 

  1. a prefecture in Japan on the northwestern part of 九州 (Kyūshū, Kyushu) facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 佐賀 (Saga)

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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