東京

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東(とー)京(ちょー) (Tōchō)

Borrowed from Japanese 東京 (Tōkyō), with phonological nativization.

東京(とーちょー)んかい行(い)ち欲(ぶ)さん。

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards)


京都

京都(ちょーとぅ) (Chōtu)

Borrowed from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto), with phonological nativization.

Kyoto (the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)


日本

alternative form of 大和 (Yamatu): Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


韓国

South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula)

, 高麗 (Kōrē)

Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)


ベトナム

From English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam.


沖縄

→ English: Uchina, Uchinā

→ Japanese: うちなー (Uchinā)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *okinawa. Cognate with Japanese 沖(おき)縄(なわ) (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).

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あがまぶるたたみきよせひやくたてわやりあまみやからおきなわたけててはおもはな しねりやからみしまもりててはおもはな


大和

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamato, from Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Cognate with mainland Japanese 大和 (Yamato).

Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia) (particularly mainland Japan, in contrast to Okinawa)


大和

Ufuyamatu (romanization)
うふやまとぅ (hiragana)

alternative form of 大大和: Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia) (particularly mainland Japan, in contrast to Okinawa)


越南

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 越南 (Yuènán).


朝鮮

, 高麗 (Kōrē)

North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)


広東

Kwantun (romanization)
くゎんとぅん (hiragana)

Guangdong (a populous province of China, located on the southern coast)

Guangzhou (a major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China)


モンゴル

From Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol), Монгол (Mongol).

(chiefly historical) Mongolia (a Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia)


山口

Yamaguchi (the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)


高麗

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高(こー)麗(れー) (Kōrē)

, 朝鮮 (Chōshin)


福建

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China#English

Fujian (a province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China), located on the southeastern coast)


満州

Manchuria (a historical region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia)


那覇

那覇(なーふぁ) (Nāfa)

Naha (the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)


鹿児島

Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)

Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)


うちなー

Okinawa (a prefecture and island group of Japan)

Okinawa (the main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)

Okinawa (the second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)


与那国

Borrowed from Japanese 与(よ)那(な)国(ぐに) (Yonaguni). The native form would be *Yunagun.

Yonaguni (a town and island of Yaeyama district, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan; the westmost inhabited island of Japan)


大大和

Ufuyamatu (romanization)
やまとぅ (hiragana)

From 大 (ufu-, “greater”) + 大和 (Yamatu, “Japan”).


フランシ

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


西表

→ Japanese: 西表 (Iriomote)

an island of Yaeyama, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan