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県けん

Prefecture

Noun

日本にっぽんには４３県けんがあります。

There are 43 prefectures in Japan.

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Parts of speech

Noun · Noun used as a suffix

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Same reading, another word

券けん — ticket; coupon Word card → Source

English dictionary meanings

prefecture (of Japan)
county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.)
department (of France)
province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

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