No. 41 in Japanese
県
Prefecture.
In a sentence
私の弟は青森県に住んでいます。
My younger brother lives in Aomori Prefecture.
Here, '県' refers to a specific administrative region in Japan, Aomori Prefecture.
県内に多くの観光名所があります。
There are many tourist attractions within the prefecture.
In this sentence, '県内' means 'within the prefecture,' using '県' to denote a general administrative unit.
学校では各県の特徴について学びます。
At school, we learn about the characteristics of each prefecture.
The word '県' is used to refer to individual prefectures in Japan while discussing their unique features.
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