Used in a Sentence

prefecture

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for prefecture.

Editorial note

It makes excellent sense to the prefecture: they have the property whether someone is living in it or not.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The office or position of a prefect.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of prefecture gathered in one view.

noun

The office or position of a prefect.

noun

The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for prefecture.

noun

The office or position of a prefect.

noun

The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.

Example sentences

1

It makes excellent sense to the prefecture: they have the property whether someone is living in it or not.

2

We live in Shizuoka prefecture in Japan, which has a mild climate in the winter.

3

WHO estimates the increased cancer risk of people living inside the Fukushima Prefecture as being up to 70% higher (thyroid cancer for girls exposed as infants)[1].

4

Addresses in Japan are written in exactly the opposite order, with the post code being written at the top of envelope followed by the prefecture, state, etc.

5

Matz's prefecture business folks are awesome and supportive.

6

I live in Shizuoka prefecture which probably has the highest migrant worker population in Japan, so my experiences may not reflect the whole of Japan.

7

[1] The prefecture next to Tokyo, for those that aren't deeply immersed in Japanese geography.

8

On actual life, this involved a small number, in the hundends, (literaly around 400-500 cases) of people using false certificates for stuff like disabillity pensions which happened in a specific prefecture.

9

The report published on Tuesday by the Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun said figures from authorities in Fukushima Prefecture showed a total of 1,232 deaths in 2014 were linked to the nuclear disaster.

10

I have actually been semi-seriously considering buying a place in Karuizawa - a beautiful small town in Nagano prefecture, yet you can be at tokyo station in 45 minutes.

11

OT, but if you ever find yourself in London I'd be happy to introduce you to some places where my wife cheats on the whole of her native Iwate prefecture[0][1].

12

If renting it out (free to them) induces one professional at the margin to live there, they get roughly ~20% of his wages in taxes and much of the remainder gets spent in the prefecture.

Quote examples

1

But he wanted to see a different part of the country: the vestiges of "Japan of the past." He left Shimizu and moved to a fishing village of 1,000 people in Kagoshima prefecture at the southwestern tip of Kyushu.

Proper noun examples

1

You'll even have a few days left at the end - maybe add a similar concept for each Japanese Prefecture.

2

You can also get a stamp for visiting every town in Mie Prefecture.

3

In the late 1990s I sat in an old house in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, Japan, talking to an elderly man who had been a part of the civil defense effort during the last year of World War II.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use prefecture in a sentence?

It makes excellent sense to the prefecture: they have the property whether someone is living in it or not.

What does prefecture mean?

The office or position of a prefect.

What part of speech is prefecture?

prefecture is commonly used as noun.