東北地方

Japanese
東北地方 (Tōhoku Chihō): Tohoku Region.
Kanji in this term
東 北 地 方
とう
Grade: 2		 ほく
Grade: 2		 ち
Grade: 2		 ほう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 東北 (tōhoku, “northeast”) +‎ 地方 (chihō, “region”).

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) とーほくち​ほー [tòóhókúchíꜜhòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
    • IPA(key): [to̞ːho̞kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕiho̞ː]

    Proper noun

    東(とう)北(ほく)地(ち)方(ほう) • (Tōhoku Chihō) 

    1. the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (Akita-ken).

    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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