東北地方

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	北	地	方
とう Grade: 2	ほく Grade: 2	ち Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 東北 (tōhoku, “northeast”) +‎ 地方 (chihō, “region”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーほくちほー [tòóhókúchíꜜhòò] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːho̞kɯ̟t͡ɕiho̞ː]

Proper noun

東(とう)北(ほく)地(ち)方(ほう) • (Tōhoku Chihō)

Tōhoku (a traditional region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Yamagata and Akita)
Northeast China (a region of China; consisting of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, and sometimes the northeast part of Inner Mongolia)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN