中部地方
Reading
                Kana: 
                ちゅうぶちほう
            
                    
                Romaji: 
                chūbuchihou
            
            Definition
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                Chubu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Kanji
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
                        Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
                    Readings: ブ、 -べ
                        Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
                    Readings: チ、 ジ
                        Meanings: ground, earth
                    Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
                        Meanings: direction, person, alternative