[ちほう(P);じかた, chihou (P); jikata](n, adj-no) (1) area; locality; district; region; province; (2) countryside; rural area; (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water); (4) (じかた only) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance; (P)#416[Add to Longdo]
[さんいんちほう, san'inchihou](n) San-in region of western Honshu (inc. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)[Add to Longdo]
[さんようちほう, sanyouchihou](n) San-you region of western Honshu (inc. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)[Add to Longdo]