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県
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prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Examples
チューリップは、私たちの県の県花です。
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.
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Historical term
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.)
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Archaic
countryside
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prefectural road
Examples
ああ、多分この県道まっすぐで・・・。
Ah, I reckon you go straight down this prefectural road ...
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prefectural border; prefectural boundary
Examples
只見町は福島県南会津地方にあり、急峻な山を隔てて新潟との県境に位置しています。
Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.
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prefectural governor
Examples
その県知事は7月の選挙で勝利をおさめました。
The prefectural governor got the upper hand in the July elections.
