[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
[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
[ばんどう, bandou] (n) (See 関東地方) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures) #11129
[はいはんちけん, haihanchiken] (n) abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871) #18851
[かくけん, kakuken] (n, adj-no) all prefectures
[かんとうちほう, kantouchihou] (n) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
[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
[ぐんけん, gunken] (n) counties and prefectures
[けんしゃ, kensha] (n) prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
[さんぎだいひょう, sangidaihyou] (n) representative of Gifu and Mie prefectures
[さんぷ, sanpu] (n) the Three Urban Prefectures
[さんいんちほう, san'inchihou] (n) San-in region of western Honshu (inc. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
[さんようちほう, sanyouchihou] (n) San-you region of western Honshu (inc. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)
[しこくちほう, shikokuchihou] (n) Shikoku region (inc. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)
[たふけん, tafuken] (n) other prefectures
[ちゅうごくちほう, chuugokuchihou] (n) Chugoku region of western Honshu (inc. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures)
[ちゅうぶちほう, chuubuchihou] (n) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
[とうかいちほう, toukaichihou] (n) Tokai region of Honshu (inc. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
[とうほくちほう, touhokuchihou] (n) Tohoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)
[どうしゅうせい, doushuusei] (n) administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states
[どうふけん, doufuken] (n) Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures (all administrative divisions of Japan except Tokyo-to)
[ふけんべつじんこう, fukenbetsujinkou] (n) population classified by prefectures
[ほくりくちほう, hokurikuchihou] (n) Hokuriku region of Honshu (inc. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)