地方

Meaning

1. n
   district; region; area; locality
2. n
   the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area
3. n
   civilian society
4. n
   person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance)
5. n
   person singing ballads (in noh)
6. n
   coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore
7. n archaic
   the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area

Example sentences

• 只見町は福島県南会津地方にあり、急峻な山を隔てて新潟との県境に位置しています。

  Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.

• 地方の道路整備のための財源確保が必要です。

  It is necessary to secure financing for local road maintenance.

• 僕は出来るだけ多くその地方の文化を吸収しようとつとめた。

  I tried to absorb as much of local culture as possible.