state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.) ②province (of Japan) ③province (of ancient China) ④dear

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

governor (of an ancient Chinese province)

Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

National Guard (esp. USA)

state police

Europe

state boundary

provincia

Kitakyushu (city)

state capital

Zhengzhou (China)

old name for part of Hyogo prefecture

another state

state governor

Australia

each state

Guangzhou (China)

the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

white sandbar ②area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles ③gravel separating a noh stage from the audience ④court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

stranding

sandspit

sandbank (in a river)

court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

underworld

sandbar

sandbank

(river) delta

tombolo

sandbar (in an inlet)