中部

Reading

Kana: ちゅうぶ

Romaji: chūbu

Definitions

noun

1

center; centre; middle; heart

2

Chubu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

Note: abbreviation

See also: 中部地方

Kanji

中

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine