和歌山県

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 2
やま
Grade: 1
けん
Grade: 3
goon kun’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
和歌山縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 和歌山 (Wakayama) + (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かやまけん [wàkáyámáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠ja̠ma̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

()()(やま)(けん) • (Wakayama-ken) 

  1. a prefecture in the 近畿 (Kinki) region of Japan facing the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is also 和歌山 (Wakayama)

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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