JLPT N3 · Noun

州 (shuu)

州 (しゅう, shuu) is a Japanese noun meaning “state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しゅう
Romaji: shuu
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

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 · noun, suffix noun
continent · noun, suffix noun
province (of Japan) · suffix noun · hist
province (of ancient China); prefecture; department · noun, suffix noun · hist
dear · suffix · archaic · after a person's name

Example sentences

南部の州へ冬期に旅行すると、今旅行するよりも料金が高くなります。

Traveling to the southern states during the winter will be costlier than it is now.

Tatoeba #123200

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 州

州

state, provinceシュウ・ス・す · 6 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1331840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.