Word Meaning 北陸地方

ほくりくちほう hokurikuchihou

北陸地方 is read as ほくりくちほう (hokurikuchihou) and means Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ほくりくちほう

Romaji

hokurikuchihou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 39313 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

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北極地方

ほっきょくちほう

Arctic 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

北陸

ほくりく

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

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)

北部地域

ほくぶちいき

northern region

北陸学院大学

ほくりくがくいんだいがく

Hokuriku Gakuin University

北米大陸

ほくべいたいりく

North American continent