Other・Yamaguchi Place-Name Challenge

難読地名 (nandoku chimei)

Also known as: 難読地名・nandoku chimei

Place names that cannot be read with the ordinary readings of their kanji. Yamaguchi's hard place names can be sorted into patterns: voicing or not voicing (rendaku), sounds that shrink or drop out, a mix of on-yomi and native readings, jukujikun, and identical spellings that are read differently from place to place.

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