[けん, ken] (n) (1) prefecture (of Japan); (2) county (of China); (P) #40
[ふ, fu] (n) (1) (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); (2) the centre or seat (of) (center); (3) (government) office #506
[はん, han] (n, n-suf) fiefdom; domain (precursor to current prefectures); (P) #889
[とうほく(P);ひがしきた, touhoku (P); higashikita] (n) (1) north-east; (2) (とうほく only) (See 東北地方) Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); (P) #1619
[やまと, yamato] (n) (1) Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (2) (ancient) Japan; (adj-f) (3) (See 大和絵, 大和魂) Japanese; (P) #2108
[ちゅうぶ, chuubu] (n) (1) center; centre; middle; heart; (2) (abbr) (See 中部地方) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures); (P) #2454
[けんない, kennai] (adj-no) within the prefecture; (P) #3128
[さつま, satsuma] (n) (1) Satsuma (ancient province located in present-day Kagoshima prefecture); (2) (abbr) (See 薩摩芋・さつまいも) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) #4863
[ふりつ, furitsu] (adj-no, n) managed by an urban prefecture; (P) #5230
[けんみん, kenmin] (n) citizens of a prefecture; (P) #5598
[えちご, echigo] (n) Echigo; old name for Niigata Prefecture; (P) #6259
[あき, aki] (n) former name of Hiroshima prefecture; (P) #6368
[つがる, tsugaru] (n) Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture) #8146
[よどがわ, yodogawa] (n) river in Osaka Prefecture; (P) #10027
[たてやま, tateyama] (n) mountain in Toyama Prefecture #11075
[ばんどう, bandou] (n) (See 関東地方) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures) #11129
[たまがわ, tamagawa] (n) river running between Tokyo-to and Kanagawa Prefecture #12396
[ちくぜん, chikuzen] (n) name of ancient country located in the modern Fukuoka prefecture #14179
[ふけん, fuken] (n) prefecture; (P) #14831
[ふじかわ, fujikawa] (n) river in Shizuoka Prefecture #17033
[はいはんちけん, haihanchiken] (n) abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871) #18851
[いぶりづけ, iburiduke] (n) (See 燻りがっこ) smoked daikon pickles (famous product of Akita Prefecture)
[shimotsukare] (n) (See 酢憤り) dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds)
[dandan] (exp) thank you (dialect from the Izumo region of Shimane Prefecture)
[yosakoi] (n) (from 夜さり来い) (See 鳴子) dance originating in Kochi Prefecture using "naruko"
[ださいたま(uK);ダサイタマ, dasaitama (uK); dasaitama] (n) (uk) (col) (sl) (See ださい) derogatory reference to Saitama Prefecture (from dasai and Saitama)
[チャグチャグうまコ(チャグチャグ馬コ);チャグチャグうまこ(チャグチャグ馬こ), chaguchagu uma ko ( chaguchagu uma ko ); chaguchagu umako ( chaguchagu uma ko )] (n) (1) Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture); (2) small wooden horse toy with bells on its neck (made in Iwate prefecture)
[nihonherazame] (n) Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus, found in Chiba Prefecture and the East China Sea)
[あそさん;あそざん, asosan ; asozan] (n) mountain in Kumamoto Prefecture
[あいちけん, aichiken] (n) Aichi prefecture (Chuubu area)
[えひめけん, ehimeken] (n) Ehime prefecture (Shikoku)
[いよべん, iyoben] (n) Iyo dialect (spoken in Ehime prefecture)
[いばらきけん, ibarakiken] (n) Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area)
[いんしゅうべん, inshuuben] (n) dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture
[うんぜんだけ, unzendake] (n) mountain in Nagasaki Prefecture
[うんぱくほうげん, unpakuhougen] (n) (See 出雲弁) dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture
[おかやまけん, okayamaken] (n) Okayama prefecture (Chuugoku area)
[おきなわけん, okinawaken] (n) Okinawa prefecture (including Okinawa island)
[かくけん, kakuken] (n, adj-no) all prefectures
[かんこうりっけん, kankourikken] (n) aim to make a prefecture a travel destination
[かんとうちほう, kantouchihou] (n) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
[いわてけん, iwateken] (n) Iwate prefecture (Tohoku area)
[ぎふけん, gifuken] (n) Gifu prefecture (Chuubu area)
[みやこじょうふ, miyakojoufu] (n) high quality hemp cloth from Miyakojima (Okinawa prefecture)
[みやざきけん, miyazakiken] (n) Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)
[みやぎけん, miyagiken] (n) Miyagi prefecture (Tohoku area)
[きょしゅう, kyoshuu] (n) unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)
[いしる;いしり;よしる;よしり, ishiru ; ishiri ; yoshiru ; yoshiri] (n) fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture
[きんきちほう, kinkichihou] (n) Kinki region (inc. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
[きんけん, kinken] (n) neighboring prefectures; neighbouring prefectures