東北地方

Japanese

東北地方 (Tōhoku Chihō): Tohoku Region.

Kanji in this term
東	北	地	方
とう Grade: 2	ほく Grade: 2	ち Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 東北 (tōhoku, “northeast”) +‎ 地方 (chihō, “region”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) とーほくちほー [tòóhókúchíꜜhòò] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ːho̞kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕiho̞ː]

Proper noun

東北地方 (hiragana とうほくちほう, rōmaji Tōhoku Chihō)

the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (Akita-ken).

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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