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Grade 3JLPT N2

state, province

6 strokes · frequency rank #386

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シュウ、ス
Kun

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Common words

  1. しゅうstate (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy)1
    • Traveling to the southern states during the winter will be costlier than it is now.

    • Ned comes from the state of Utah.

    • The United States comprises 50 states.

  2. おうしゅうEurope2
    • European currencies weakened against the dollar.

    • Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.

    • With that as a start many European poems and much literature came to be introduced.

  3. きゅうしゅうKyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)3
    • He has left for Kyushu.

    • I went to Kyushu by airplane.

    • I have never been to Kyushu.

  4. しゅうとstate capital; provincial capital; county town4
    • Phoenix is the capital of Arizona.

    • Lansing is the state capital of Michigan.

    • A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.

  5. こうしゅうGuangzhou (China); Canton5
  6. きたきゅうしゅうKitakyushu (city)6
  7. しゅうせいふstate government7
    • The state government deprived him of his civil rights.

  8. えんかいしゅうPrimorskaya Oblast (Russia)8
  9. かしゅうCalifornia (state)9
  10. しらすwhite sandbar; white sandbank10

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