[くに, kuni] (n) (1) country; (the) state; (2) region; (3) (obs) (See 国郡里制) province (of Japan); (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (arch) land; earth; (P) #117
[やしろ, yashiro] (n, n-suf) (1) (abbr) (See 会社) company; association; society; (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); (ctr, suf) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc. #189
[どう, dou] (n) (1) (abbr) road; (2) way; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea) #201
[ち, chi] (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) #208
[わけ, wake] (n) (arch) (See 姓・かばね) lord (hereditary title for imperial descendants in outlying regions) #249
[ちいき, chiiki] (n) area; region; (P) #328
[ちゅうごく, chuugoku] (n) (1) China; (2) South-west most region of Honshu; middle of a country; the Hiroshima area; (P) #390
[ちほう(P);じかた, chihou (P); jikata] (n, adj-no) (1) area; locality; district; region; province; (2) countryside; rural area; (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water); (4) (じかた only) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance; (P) #416
[なんぶ, nanbu] (n) southern part; the south (of a region); (P) #1636
[とうかい, toukai] (n) region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; (P) #1706
[あたい;あたえ(直;費);あたいえ(直)(ok), atai ; atae ( choku ; hi ); ataie ( choku )(ok)] (n) (See 国造, 姓・かばね) Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators) #1785
[ほくぶ, hokubu] (n, adj-no) northern part; the north (of a region); (P) #2092
[いき, iki] (n) region; limits; stage; level #2337
[せいぶ, seibu] (n) western part; the west (of a region); the West (i.e. of the US); (P) #2358
[りょういき, ryouiki] (n, adj-no) area; domain; territory; field; range; region; regime; (P) #2361
[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
[しゅ, shu] (n) (arch) (See 姓・かばね) Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families) #2551
[とうぶ, toubu] (n) eastern part; the east (of a region); (P) #2663
[きんき, kinki] (n) Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara); (P) #3459
[しょこく, shokoku] (n, n-suf) various countries; various regions; various provinces; (P) #3775
[さかい(P);きょう(境), sakai (P); kyou ( sakai )] (n) (1) (usu. さかい) border; boundary; (2) (usu. きょう) area; region; spot; space; environment; (3) (usu. きょう) psychological state; mental state; (4) (きょう only) { Buddh } cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind; (P) #4043
[ほくりく, hokuriku] (n) region west of Tokyo on Japan Sea side of Japan; (P) #4125
[いったい, ittai] (n) region; zone; whole place; (P) #6702
[こし(P);コシ, koshi (P); koshi] (n) (1) back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; (2) (usu. コシ) body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring; (P) #7079
[ふどき;ふうどき, fudoki ; fuudoki] (n) description of regional climate, culture, etc. #7487
[じょうほう, jouhou] (n, adj-no) Kyoto and vicinity; Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region (esp. during Edo period); (P) #8094
[じょうほう, jouhou] (n) upper region or part #8094
[つがる, tsugaru] (n) Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture) #8146
[へんきょう, henkyou] (n, adj-no) remote region; frontier (district); border(land); (P) #9310
[くやくしょ, kuyakusho] (n) ward office; council (regional); (P) #9415
[ばんどう, bandou] (n) (See 関東地方) Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures) #11129
[くにのみやつこ;くにつこ;こくぞう, kuninomiyatsuko ; kunitsuko ; kokuzou] (n) regional administrator (pre-Taika hereditary title) #13497
[しんえつ, shin'etsu] (n) region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata #17922
[なにわ, naniwa] (n) Naniwa (former name for Osaka region) #19056
[かほう, kahou] (n) lower region; lower part; (P) #19197
[エイチツーりょういき, eichitsu-ryouiki] (n) H II region
[dandan] (exp) thank you (dialect from the Izumo region of Shimane Prefecture)
[teppai] (n) (from 鉄砲和え) (See 鉄砲和え) regional Sanuki cuisine, usu. of minced vegetables, seafood, and vinegared miso
[アジアたいへいよう, ajia taiheiyou] (n) Asia-Pacific (region)
[アジアたいへいようちいき, ajia taiheiyouchiiki] (n) Asia-Pacific region
[irudofuransu] (n) Ile de France (region around Paris)
[ウォーレスせん, uo-resu sen] (n) Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)
[エチオピアく, echiopia ku] (n) Ethiopian (zoogeographical region)
[オーストラリアく, o-sutoraria ku] (n) Australian (zoogeographical region)
[ゴルノアルタイじちしゅう, gorunoarutai jichishuu] (n) Gorno-Altayskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast'; Gorno-Altayskaya Autonomous Region; Gorno-Altayskaya AO
[ゴルノバダフシャンじちしゅう, gorunobadafushan jichishuu] (n) Gorno-Badakhshanskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast'; Gorno-Badakhshanskaya Autonomous Region; Gorno-Badakhshanskaya AO
[suika] (n) (See パスモ) Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores)
[taitori-jon] (n) { comp } title-region
[taitoruri-jon] (n) title-region
[nainekkusu] (n) { comp } Nynex (Regional Bell Operating Company - US)