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)


仏

From Middle Chinese 佛 (MC bjut).
Cognate with standard Japanese 仏 (butsu).


日本

Alternative form of 大和 (Yamatu): Japan (a country and archipelago in 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)

Korean Peninsula
Korean Peninsula#English

Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)


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 in 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 in 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)


韓國

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


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)


廣東

廣東(くゎんとぅん) or 廣東(クヮントゥン) (Kwantun)

廣東 (canonical)
Kwantun (romanization)
くゎんとぅん (hiragana)
クヮントゥン (katakana)

Kyūjitai form of 広東: Guangdong (a populous province of China, located on the southern 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)


島袋

Shimabuku (romanization)
しまぶく (hiragana)


きかい

Variously recorded in the Omoro Sōshi and Nantō Kayō as ききや, きゝや, きちゃ, きちや, 鬼界(ちけー), ちちやア、鬼堺, and in the Ryūka as 鬼界.
Further derivation unknown. Compare Northern Amami Ōshima きゃー (kyā).

Ryūka Zenshū
大島　七間切　／　鬼界　五間切　／　徳　永良部　与論　／　那覇の地内
UUSHIMA NANAMAGIRI / KIKAI ITSIMAGIRI / TUKU IRABU YUNNU / NAFA-no JIUCHI
Oshima 7 magiri, / Kikai, 5 magiri, / Tokunoshima, Erabu, Yoron, / the mainland of Naha

(Old Okinawan, Middle Okinawan) Kikai-jima


清明

Qingming ("Pure Brightness"), the fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, occurring from the 4th or 5th of April until the 18th or 19th


鹿児島

Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)

Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)


琉球

琉(るー)球(ちゅー) or 琉(どぅー)球(ちゅー) (Rūchū or Dūchū)

琉球 (canonical)
Rūchū (romanization)
Dūchū (romanization)
ちゅーちゅー (hiragana)

Ryukyu, pertaining to the Ryukyu Islands or the former Ryukyu Kingdom


うちなー

Okinawa (a prefecture and island group in 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)


鹿兒島

Kyūjitai form of 鹿児島 (Kagushima, “Kagoshima”)


とーちょー

とーちょー (Tōchō)


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 in Yaeyama district, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan; the westmost inhabited island of Japan)


八重山

八重山(いぇーま) (Yēma)


大倭

Ufuyamatu (romanization)
やまとぅ (hiragana)

Alternative form of 大大和 (“Japan, Mainland Japan (in contrast to Okinawa)”).


あー

Probobly from Proto-Ryukyuan *awa, from Proto-Japonic *awa.


大大和

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

prefix

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


フランシ

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


七ち星

Nanachibushi (romanization)
ぶし (hiragana)

七ち (ななち, nanachi, “seven”) + 星 (ふし, fushi, “star”). Cognate to Japanese 七つ星 (ななつぼし, Nanatsuboshi, “Big Dipper”)


ななちぶし

七ち星: Big Dipper; the Plough; the Saptarishi


るーちゅー

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るーちゅー (Rūchū)

琉球: Ryukyu, pertaining to the Ryukyu Islands or the former Ryukyu Kingdom


西表

→ Japanese: 西表 (Iriomote)

an island in Yaeyama, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan


しーみー

しーみー (Shīmī)


ぐしく

ぐしく ^ (canonical)
Gushiku (romanization)
Gusiku (romanization)
ぐすぃく (hiragana historical)