県

Meaning

1. nn-suf
   prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
2. n
   territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.)
3. n archaic
   countryside

Example sentences

• まだ解決していないのか？県と国のどちらが責任？

  Hasn't it been solved yet? Whose responsibility is it, the prefecture's or the country's?

• 台風の被害は数県にまたがっていた。

  The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.

• 私はきっと彼と気が合うと思います。私たちは同じ県の出身だから。

  I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.