Word Meaning 北極地方

ほっきょくちほう hokkyokuchihou

北極地方 is read as ほっきょくちほう (hokkyokuchihou) and means Arctic region.

Meaning

English

  1. Arctic region
  2. north polar region

Reading

Kana

ほっきょくちほう

Romaji

hokkyokuchihou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 34071 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

北陸地方

ほくりくちほう

Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

両極地方

りょうきょくちほう

polar areas

南極地方

なんきょくちほう

Antarctic region

東北地方

とうほくちほう

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)

東北地方太平洋沖地震

とうほくちほうたいへいようおきじしん

Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011)

北方

ほっぽう

northern part (e.g. of a country)

北の方

きたのかた

nobleman's true wife

北極

ほっきょく

North Pole

北極海

ほっきょくかい

Arctic Ocean

北方四島

ほっぽうよんとう

the four northern islands (held by Russia)

北方領土問題

ほっぽうりょうどもんだい

Northern Territories dispute

北方領土

ほっぽうりょうど

Southern Kuril Islands (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan)