Vocabulary

prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

noun n-suf
N3 freq #900

Example sentences

The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.

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

Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.

The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.

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