けん

prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

JLPT N3

Details

Part of Speech:
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
Romaji:
ken

Example Sentences

私は福岡県出身です。

I am from Fukuoka Prefecture.

新潟県は日本海に面しています。

Niigata Prefecture faces the Japan Sea.