jmdict 2227490 Active (id#2287514)
府
【 ふ 】
  1. [n]
    • (urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto)
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1301520 三府【さんぷ】 1. the three urban prefectures (Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka)
  2. [n]
    • centre (e.g. of learning)
    • center
    • seat
  3. [n]
    • (government) office
  4. [n] [hist]
    • fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
History:
    • A 2024-01-05 20:28:29 Jim Breen (id#2287514)
    • A* 2024-01-05 11:16:24 Robin Scott (id#2287453)
    • Comments
      This and 三府 are the only entries in jmdict that translate 府 as "metropolitan prefecture". On other entries we use "urban prefecture", which is also used by Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
GG5 has "(metropolitan) prefecture" for 府 but quite a few sources (including EB and us) use this as a translation for 都.
    • Refs
      https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan/Government-and-society#ref319244
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan
    • Diff
      @@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>(metropolitan) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto)</gloss>
+<gloss>(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto)</gloss>
    • A 2022-02-05 20:24:20 Robin Scott
    • Diff
      @@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>centre (of; e.g. learning)</gloss>
+<gloss>centre (e.g. of learning)</gloss>
    • A 2022-02-05 11:27:57 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-02-01 11:58:41 Robin Scott
    • Refs
      gg5
    • Diff
      @@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)</gloss>
+<gloss>(metropolitan) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto)</gloss>
@@ -16 +16,3 @@
-<gloss>the centre or seat (of) (center)</gloss>
+<gloss>centre (of; e.g. learning)</gloss>
+<gloss>center</gloss>
+<gloss>seat</gloss>
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