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地方, ちほう
1. district, region, area, locality
See 中央・2
2. the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area
Obsolete term, Imperial Japanese Army jargon
3. civilian society
その地方は大規模に開発されるだろう。
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地方, じかた
See 立方・たちかた・2
1. person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance)
2. person singing ballads (in noh)
3. coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore
Archaism
4. the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area
その地方は大規模に開発されるだろう。
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
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