同どう県けん

noun

the same prefecture

Refers to a prefecture that is the same as one previously mentioned or understood from context. Often used in news reports to indicate that a person or event is from the same prefecture as another.

• 彼かれは私わたしと同どう県けんの出しゅっ身しんです。

  He is from the same prefecture as me.

noun

the said prefecture; the prefecture in question

Used anaphorically to refer back to a prefecture already mentioned in the discourse, similar to 'the aforementioned prefecture'. Common in formal or written contexts.

• 同どう県けんでは、来らい月げつから新あらたな条じょう例れいが施し行こうされる。

  In the said prefecture, a new ordinance will come into effect next month.