"北海道" meaning in Japanese

See 北海道 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ho̞k̚ka̠ido̞ː] Forms: 北海道 [canonical] (ruby: (ほっ), (かい), (どう)), Hokkaidō [romanization], Fokukaidau [romanization], ほくかいだう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 北海 (hokkai, “northern sea”) + 道 (-dō, “circuit”). Coined in 1869; see 北海道 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ʲᵃ Before that, the region was known as 蝦夷地 (Ezochi, literally “land of the northern barbarians”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|ja|北海|道|t1=northern sea|t2=circuit|tr1=hokkai|tr2=-dō}} 北海 (hokkai, “northern sea”) + 道 (-dō, “circuit”), {{pedia|北海道#名称|lang=ja}} 北海道 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ʲᵃ Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ほっかいどう|hhira=ほくかいだう}} 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) • (Hokkaidō) ^(←ほくかいだう (Fokukaidau)?)
  1. an island prefecture on the northern part of Japan; its capital city is 札幌 (Sapporo) Wikipedia link: Hokkaido, ja:北海道 Categories (place): Islands, Prefectures of Japan Synonyms: 北海 Derived forms: 北海道犬 (Hokkaidō inu) (ruby: (ホッ), (カイ), (ドウ), (イヌ)), 北海道旧土人保護法 (Hokkaidōkyūdojinhogohō) (ruby: 北海道(ほっかいどう), 旧土人(きゅうどじん), 保護法(ほごほう)), 北海道犬 (Hokkaidō-ken) (ruby: (ホッ), (カイ), (ドウ), (ケン)), 北海道神宮 (Hokkaidō Jingū) (ruby: 北海道(ほっかいどう), 神宮(じんぐう)), 北海道庁 (Hokkaidō-chō) (ruby: 北海道(ほっかいどう), (ちょう)), 道庁 (Dōchō) (ruby: 道庁(どうちょう))
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        "an island prefecture on the northern part of Japan; its capital city is 札幌 (Sapporo)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "prefecture",
          "prefecture"
        ],
        [
          "northern",
          "northern"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan"
        ],
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ],
        [
          "札幌",
          "札幌#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "Sapporo",
          "Sapporo"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "北海"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Hokkaido",
        "ja:北海道"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほっかいどー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞k̚ka̠ido̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "北海道"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 北海道 meaning in Japanese (4.8kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "北海道",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
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}

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