Ibaraki

茨城: A prefecture of Japan. Capital: Mito.


茨城

/t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰiː²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

/t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰiː²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 茨(いばら)城(き) (Ibaraki).


茨城

Russian: Ибара́ки f (Ibaráki)

According to legend, people in the age of Emperor Sujin (崇神) built a thorny castle (茨の城) there and wiped out burglars.

Ibaraki (a prefecture in north-eastern Honshu, Japan)


鈴木

→ Chinese: 鈴木／铃木 (Língmù)

→ English: Suzuki

→ French: Suzuki

→ Portuguese: Suzuki

Compound of 鈴(すず) (suzu, “bell”) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”).

ja-com

A neighborhood of Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture.


岡田

岡田 (canonical)
Okada (romanization)
wokada (romanization)
をかだ (hiragana historical)
岡田 (canonical)
Okata (romanization)
wokata (romanization)
をかた (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 岡田／冈田 (Gāngtián)

→ English: Okada

Compound of 岡(おか) (oka, “hillock”) + 田(た) (ta, “rice field”). The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The neighborhoods of Jōsō and Hitachiōta, Ibaraki Prefecture.


島田

島田 (canonical)
Shimada (romanization)
島田 (canonical)
Shimata (romanization)

→ Chinese: 島田／岛田 (Dǎotián)

→ English: Shimada

Compound of 島(しま) (shima, “island”) + 田(た) (ta, “rice field”). Literally, “island-like field”. The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The neighborhoods of Ushiku and Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.


石川

ja-pos

石(いし)川(かわ) • (Ishikawa) ^(←いしかは (isikafa)?)

石(いし)川(がわ) • (Ishigawa) ^(←いしがは (isigafa)?)

石川 (canonical)
Ishikawa (romanization)
isikafa (romanization)
いしかは (hiragana historical)
石川 (canonical)
Ishigawa (romanization)
isigafa (romanization)
いしがは (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 石川 (Shíchuān)

→ English: Ishikawa, Ishigawa

[iɕiɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-com

The neighborhoods of Ishioka, Hitachinaka and Mito and of Ami, in Ibaraki Prefecture.


上原

上原 (canonical)
Kamihara (romanization)
上原 (canonical)
Kanbara (romanization)
上原 (canonical)
Kanbaru (romanization)

[kã̠mba̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

The hara/haru changes to bara/baru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

A neighborhood of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.


西岡

ja-pos

西(にし)岡(おか) • (Nishioka) ^(←にしをか (nisiwoka)?)

西岡 (canonical)
Nishioka (romanization)
nisiwoka (romanization)
にしをか (hiragana historical)

→ English: Nishioka

Compound of 西(にし) (nishi, “the west”) + 岡(おか) (oka, “hillock”), literally, “hill on the west”.


前田

前田 (canonical)
Maeda (romanization)
mafeda (romanization)
まへだ (hiragana historical)
前田 (canonical)
Maeta (romanization)
mafeta (romanization)
まへた (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 前田 (Qiántián)

→ English: Maeda

Maeda (multiple neighborhoods in Japan):

A neighborhood of Ibaraki, Higashiibaraki district, Ibaraki Prefecture.


和田

和(わ) (wa) + 田(た) (ta, literally “tranquil field”)

ja-compound

A neighborhood of Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture.


羽田

羽田 (canonical)
Haneda (romanization)
羽田 (canonical)
Haneta (romanization)
羽田 (canonical)
Handa (romanization)

→ Chinese: 羽田 (Yǔtián)

Haneta (a neighborhood of Sakuragawa, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)


真弓

→ English: Mayumi

Compound of 真(ま) (ma-, “pure, genuine; beautiful”) + 弓(ゆみ) (yumi, “bow”).

ja-com

A neighborhood of Hitachiōta, Ibaraki Prefecture.


横須賀

横須賀 (canonical)
Yokosuka (romanization)
横須賀 (canonical)
Yokosuga (romanization)

A neighborhood of Tone, Ibaraki Prefecture.


奥田

The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

A neighborhood of Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture.


ちばらき

茨城でコーヒーと言えばMAXと言われるぐらい […] 茨城と千葉、それに栃木の一部しか販売されておらず、別名「ちばらきコーヒー」とも呼ばれています。
Ibaraki de kōhī to ieba makkusu to iwareru gurai […] Ibaraki to Chiba, sore ni Tochigi no ichibu shika hanbai sarete orazu, betsumei “Chibaraki kōhī” to mo yobareteimasu.

2014, Yano Shinichi, Ibaraki kenmin o ayatsuru [Mastering people of Ibaraki prefecture], page 9

In Ibaraki prefecture, when you are speaking of coffee you must mean Max Coffee. It is only available in Ibaraki and Chiba, and some parts of Tochigi, so it is sometimes also called “Chibaraki coffee”.

千葉県—「ちばらき」でも、「ダサイたま」よりは全然マシ！？
Chiba-ken — “Chibaraki” de mo, “Dasaitama” yori wa zenzen mashi!?

2017, Ningen kankei ga yoku naru shusshin kenbetsu seikaku aishō [Improve personal relationships: character and chemistry based on home prefecture], page 12

Chiba prefecture — Even “Chibaraki” is better than “Dasaitama”!?

おしゃれな街（横浜、鎌倉）や湘南エリアを擁し一目置かれる神奈川は「別格」として、東京から「グンタマ-チバラキ」（群馬・埼玉–千葉・茨城）と一くくりにされる他の関東4県に異論のあるはずもない。
Oshare na machi (Yokohama, Kamakura) ya Shōnan eria o yō shi ichimoku okareru Kanagawa wa “bekkaku” to shite, Tōkyō kara “Guntama-Chibaraki” (Gunma Saitama – Chiba Ibaraki) to ichi kukuri ni sareru hoka no Kantō yon-ken ni iron no aru hazu mo nai.

2019 February 27, “Eiga ‘tonde Saitama’: ‘Bakushō, naite,…’, chiiki sa e no kando kyōdo ai hakaru ichijo ni [Movie ‘Flight to Saitama’: ‘Laughter, tears,...’ a measure of regional loyalty and love of hometown]”, in Nippon.com

With fashionable towns (Yokohama, Kamakura) and the Shonan area, Kanagawa is “special”, but from the point of view of Tokyo there is no differentiating among “Guntama-Chibaraki” (Gunma and Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki), Kanto’s other four prefectures are all one lump.

ブラタモリは、千葉県と茨城県が利根川で県境を接する、ちばらきのエリアを訪ねています。相互に結びつきが強い地域です。ちばらきは、決して単なる俗称ではなく、地元でよく使われ、茨城県史にも掲載された名称です。

2019 June 2, “‘Bura Tamori Chibaraki hen’ zen rūto o shashin de shōkai! [Introducing with photos all the routes taken in ‘Wandering Tamori Chibaraki episode’!]”, in Travel Jarna, archived from the original on 2020-05-13

The TV program Wandering Tamori is visiting the Chibaraki area, where Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures meet at the Tone river. It is an area with strong ties. Chibaraki is not just a one-off nickname; it is used by local people, and even recorded in Ibaraki prefecture’s history.

Bura Tamori wa, Chiba-ken to Ibaraki-ken ga Tone-gawa de kenkyō o sessuru, Chibaraki no eria o tazuneteimasu. Sōgo ni musubitsuki ga tsuyoi chiiki desu. Chibaraki wa, kesshite tan naru zokushō de wa naku, jimoto de yoku tsukaware, Ibaraki-ken shi ni mo keisai sareta meishō desu.

(informal, often humorous, sometimes derogatory) the area encompassing Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures

ダさいたま

Dasaitama, derogatory nickname for Saitama


Ибараки

ru-proper noun

Ибара́ки • (Ibaráki) n inan (indeclinable)

Ибара́ки (canonical)
Ibaráki (romanization)

Borrowed from Japanese 茨城 (いばらき, Ibaraki).


อิบารากิ

Ibaraki (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)