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安芸

English translation: Aki no Miyajima

15:00 Oct 1, 2008
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Geography / Miyajima
Japanese term or phrase: 安芸
Hi,

Please see http://www.secondlife-e.com/2008/06/_miyajima.html

安芸の宮島 in full. Please give the pronunciation too.

Many thanks

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:46
English translation:Aki no Miyajima
Explanation:
(Japanese: 安芸) is the name of several places in Japan:

* Aki, Kochi, a city in Kochi Prefecture
* Aki District, Kochi, a district in Kochi Prefecture
* Aki province, an old province in the Western part of Honshū, part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture.
* Aki District, Hiroshima, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture
* Age District, Mie, a district in Mie Prefecture (different romanization, but same Japanese name)
* Aki, Ōita, a town in Ōita Prefecture
Selected response from:

Maynard Hogg
Canada
Local time: 21:46
Grading comment
many thanks very good indeed
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7Aki
Yuki Okada
5 +2Aki no Miyajima
Maynard Hogg


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Aki


Explanation:
It's an easy one. See below.

http://www.akikanko.or.jp/


Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  peter arnout: http://www.aki-h.hiroshima-c.ed.jp/
1 min
agree  Naikei Wong
2 mins
agree  Yumico Tanaka (X)
2 hrs
agree  Geraldine Oudin
4 hrs
agree  Leochan
9 hrs
agree  humbird
10 hrs
agree  michiko tsum (X)
12 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Aki no Miyajima


Explanation:
(Japanese: 安芸) is the name of several places in Japan:

* Aki, Kochi, a city in Kochi Prefecture
* Aki District, Kochi, a district in Kochi Prefecture
* Aki province, an old province in the Western part of Honshū, part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture.
* Aki District, Hiroshima, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture
* Age District, Mie, a district in Mie Prefecture (different romanization, but same Japanese name)
* Aki, Ōita, a town in Ōita Prefecture


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki
Maynard Hogg
Canada
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
many thanks very good indeed

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  humbird
10 hrs
agree  Leochan
10 hrs
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