北陸

Japanese
Kanji in this term
北 陸
ほく
Grade: 2		 りく
Grade: 4
on’yomi kan’on

Etymology

Short for 北陸地方.

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) ほくりく [hòkúríkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ho̞kɯ̟ᵝɾʲikɯ̟ᵝ]

    Proper noun

    北(ほく)陸(りく) • (Hokuriku) 

    1. the area of Japan west of Tokyo by the Sea of Japan

    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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