徳島県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とく
Grade: 4
しま
Grade: 3
けん
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
德島縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 徳島 (Tokushima) + (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くしまけん [tòkúshímáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝɕima̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

(とく)(しま)(けん) • (Tokushima-ken) 

  1. a prefecture of Japan in the eastern part of 四国 (Shikoku) facing the Seto Inland Sea; its capital city is also 徳島 (Tokushima)

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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