中国地方

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See also: 中國地方

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 中國地方 (“the Chūgoku region of Japan”).
(This term is the simplified form of 中國地方).
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Japanese

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中国地方 (Chūgoku-chihō): the Chūgoku region.
Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
こく > ごく
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
ほう
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
中國地方 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 中国 (Chūgoku, collective term for the provinces in the historical 山陰道 (San'indō) and 山陽道 (San'yōdō) regions) +‎ 地方 (-chihō, area).

Proper noun

(ちゅう)(ごく)()(ほう) (Chūgoku-chihōちゆうごくちはう (Tyuugokutifau)?

  1. the Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori, and Shimane)

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