[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