北陸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	陸
ほく Grade: 2	りく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Short for 北陸地方.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほくりく [hòkúríkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ho̞kɯ̟ᵝɾʲikɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

北陸 (hiragana ほくりく, rōmaji Hokuriku)

the area of Japan west of Tokyo by the Sea of Japan

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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