大分県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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) + (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

(おお)(いた)(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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