1

北海道

Běihǎidào

Hokkaidō, Japan

2

在

zài

to exist; to be alive (of sb or sth) to be (located) at (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

3

日本

Rìběn

Japan

4

本州

Běnzhōu

Honshū, the main island of Japan

=5

的

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle) (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one") also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

=5

的

dī

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)

=5

的

dí

really and truly

=5

的

dì

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

6

北部

běibù

northern part