prefecture; county; department; province
In Japan, refers to one of the 47 prefectures (e.g., 東京都, 大阪府, 北海道 are not 県). Outside Japan, used for administrative divisions such as counties in China/Taiwan, departments in France, or provinces in Italy/Spain. Often used as a suffix (e.g., 神奈川県).
私は千葉県に住んでいます。
I live in Chiba Prefecture.
中国の県は日本の県より小さい行政区分です。
Counties in China are smaller administrative divisions than prefectures in Japan.
I live in Saitama Prefecture.
She is from Chiba Prefecture.
The typhoon's impact spread across three prefectures.
藩 was the feudal domain of the Edo period, while 県 is the modern prefecture that replaced it after the Meiji Restoration, so learners should not treat them as interchangeable terms for the same era.
県 names a single ordinary prefecture, while 都道府県 is the umbrella term covering all 47 prefectural-level units (都, 道, 府, and 県 together).
県 is a prefecture, the larger administrative division that contains multiple 郡 (districts) within it, so learners often mix up which is the bigger unit.
prefectural; prefecture-run
prefectural governor
prefectural office; prefectural government building
prefectural assembly member
prefectural road
prefectural assembly
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
prefectural chapter; prefectural federation
prefectural government; prefectural administration
prefectures (excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
prefectural management; prefecture-run
southern part of a prefecture
in the prefecture; prefectural
neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture
Tokyo and other prefectures; prefectures (excl. Kyoto, Osaka, Hokkaido)
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
prefectures of Japan (excluding Hokkaido)
native of a prefecture; person from a prefecture
this prefecture
prefectures (excl. Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
prefectural strengths; prefectural conditions; prefectural resources
abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures (1871)
both prefectures
another prefecture; other prefectures
entire prefecture; the whole prefecture · every prefecture; all prefectures
each prefecture; every prefecture
the same prefecture · the said prefecture; the prefecture in question