(archaic) Japan

gender role

(linguistics) "role language": unique language usage serving as a marker of social identity in fictional speech

importance

autonomous region, territory, especially an autonomous region of China

autonomous state or region

autonomous banner (type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China)

the Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori, and Shimane)

the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (Akita-ken).

(historiography) Chinese local chronicle