[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
[しんえつ, shin'etsu] (n) region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata #17922
[ながのおいとまになる, naganooitomaninaru] (exp, v5r) to be dismissed
[しんえつほんせん, shin'etsuhonsen] (n) Shinetsu Main Line (Gunma-Nagano-Niigata Railway)
[きれながのめ, kirenaganome] (n) almond eyes; slit eyes
[ちゅうぶちほう, chuubuchihou] (n) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
[ながの, nagano] (adj-pn) long; eternal
[ながのけん, naganoken] (n) Nagano prefecture (Chuubu area)
[ながのし, naganoshi] (n) stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)
[きそうま, kisouma] (n) var. of horse raised in Nagano and Gifu