Word Meaning 備州

びしゅう bishuu

備州 is read as びしゅう (bishuu) and means Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo).

Meaning

English

Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)

Reading

Kana

びしゅう

Romaji

bishuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 59190 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

備前焼

びぜんやき

Bizen ware (type of pottery)

備長炭

びんちょうずみ

high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

備荒作物

びこうさくもつ

crops planted to stave off famine (e.g., wheat, barley, buckwheat, potatoes)

広州

こうしゅう

Guangzhou (China)

州

しゅう

continent

九州

きゅうしゅう

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

欧州

おうしゅう

Europe

加州

かしゅう

California (state)

大洋州

たいようしゅう

Oceania

白州

しらす

area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles

北九州

きたきゅうしゅう

Kitakyushu (city)

五大州

ごだいしゅう

the five continents