Meaning

Primary

Pyongyang

Word Type

proper noun

Explanation

What's the city of flat soil? Pyongyang in North Korea. Which is pretty misleading, it's got more than a bunch of flat dirt, but back in the old days before the illustrious Kim Jong line built it up, that's all that was there.

Reading

ぴょんやん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)
へいじょう
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The standard reading for this word is actually just the Japanese approximation of the Korean pronunciation: ぴょんやん. So if you can remember the meaning, the reading is pretty easy too.

Note that it can also also be read using the on'yomi kanji readings as へいじょう, but this pronunciation sounds a bit old-fashioned and isn't very common in modern Japanese.

Context

Context Sentences

平壌で英語を教えていたことがあります。

I taught English in Pyongyang.

Kanji Composition