jmdict 1331840 Active (id#2185072)
州 [ichi1,news1,nf01] ； 洲
【 しゅう [ichi1,news1,nf01] 】
  1. [n,n-suf]
    • state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.)
    • province (e.g. of Canada)
    • county (e.g. of the UK)
    • region (e.g. of Italy)
    • canton
    • oblast
  2. [n,n-suf]
    • continent
  3. [n-suf] [hist]
    • province (of Japan)
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1592250 国 5. province (of Japan)
  4. [n,n-suf] [hist]
    • province (of ancient China)
    • prefecture
    • department
  5. [suf] [arch]
    《after a person's name》
    • dear
History:
    • A 2022-05-01 22:03:06 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-05-01 13:05:48 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Added sense.
I don't think we need examples on canton and oblast.
    • Refs
      daij, meikyo, chujiten
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/州
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_(administrative_division)
    • Diff
      @@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1258810">県・けん</xref>
-<gloss>state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.)</gloss>
-<gloss>province (e.g. Canada)</gloss>
-<gloss>canton (e.g. Switzerland)</gloss>
-<gloss>oblast (e.g. Russia)</gloss>
-<gloss>department (e.g. ancient China)</gloss>
+<gloss>state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>province (e.g. of Canada)</gloss>
+<gloss>county (e.g. of the UK)</gloss>
+<gloss>region (e.g. of Italy)</gloss>
+<gloss>canton</gloss>
+<gloss>oblast</gloss>
@@ -32,0 +33,14 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1592250">国・5</xref>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>province (of Japan)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>province (of ancient China)</gloss>
+<gloss>prefecture</gloss>
+<gloss>department</gloss>
    • A 2022-04-30 23:32:01 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Very few relevant hits online. I don't think it's needed.
    • Diff
      @@ -12,4 +11,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>卅</keb>
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -41 +37 @@
-<s_inf>after someone's name</s_inf>
+<s_inf>after a person's name</s_inf>
    • A* 2022-04-29 05:15:47 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      To be recorded here, even with the [rK] tag, we'd need evidence that it's actually getting use in that context. One site mentioning it is not enough.
    • A* 2022-04-28 00:52:23 Nicolas Maia
    • Comments
      Apparently used regionally in Kyushu.
    • Refs
      https://kotobaken.jp/qa/yokuaru/qa-70/
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>卅</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
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