# ちばらき
## Japanese
### Alternative forms

* ちばらぎ (Chibaragi)
* チバラキ (Chibaraki)

### Etymology

Blend of 千葉 (Chiba) +‎ 茨城 (Ibaraki).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ɕiba̠ɾa̠kʲi]

### Proper noun

ちばらき • (Chibaraki)
* (informal, often humorous, sometimes derogatory) the area encompassing Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures
** 2014, Yano Shinichi, Ibaraki kenmin o ayatsuru [Mastering people of Ibaraki prefecture], page 9:
    茨(いばら)城(き)でコーヒーと言(い)えばMAX(マックス)と言(い)われるぐらい […] 茨(いばら)城(き)と千(ち)葉(ば)、それに栃(とち)木(ぎ)の一(いち)部(ぶ)しか販(はん)売(ばい)されておらず、別(べつ)名(めい)「ちばらきコーヒー」とも呼(よ)ばれています。
       Ibaraki de kōhī to ieba makkusu to iwareru gurai […] Ibaraki to Chiba, sore ni Tochigi no ichibu shika hanbai sarete orazu, betsumei “Chibaraki kōhī” to mo yobareteimasu.
       In Ibaraki prefecture, when you are speaking of coffee you must mean Max Coffee. It is only available in Ibaraki and Chiba, and some parts of Tochigi, so it is sometimes also called “Chibaraki coffee”.
** 2017, Ningen kankei ga yoku naru shusshin kenbetsu seikaku aishō [Improve personal relationships: character and chemistry based on home prefecture], page 12:
    千(ち)葉(ば)県(けん)—「ちばらき」でも、「ダサイたま」よりは全(ぜん)然(ぜん)マシ！？
       Chiba-ken — “Chibaraki” de mo, “Dasaitama” yori wa zenzen mashi!?
       Chiba prefecture — Even “Chibaraki” is better than “Dasaitama”!?
** 2019 February 27, “Eiga ‘tonde Saitama’: ‘Bakushō, naite,…’, chiiki sa e no kando kyōdo ai hakaru ichijo ni [Movie ‘Flight to Saitama’: ‘Laughter, tears,...’ a measure of regional loyalty and love of hometown]”, in Nippon.com‎:
    おしゃれな街(まち)（横(よこ)浜(はま)、鎌(かま)倉(くら)）や湘(しょう)南(なん)エリアを擁(よう)し一(いち)目(もく)置(お)かれる神(か)奈(な)川(がわ)は「別(べっ)格(かく)」として、東(とう)京(きょう)から「グンタマ-チバラキ」（群(ぐん)馬(ま)・埼(さい)玉(たま)–千(ち)葉(ば)・茨(いばら)城(き)）と一(いち)くくりにされる他(ほか)の関(かん)東(とう)4(よん)県(けん)に異(い)論(ろん)のあるはずもない。
       Oshare na machi (Yokohama, Kamakura) ya Shōnan eria o yō shi ichimoku okareru Kanagawa wa “bekkaku” to shite, Tōkyō kara “Guntama-Chibaraki” (Gunma Saitama – Chiba Ibaraki) to ichi kukuri ni sareru hoka no Kantō yon-ken ni iron no aru hazu mo nai.
       With fashionable towns (Yokohama, Kamakura) and the Shonan area, Kanagawa is “special”, but from the point of view of Tokyo there is no differentiating among “Guntama-Chibaraki” (Gunma and Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki), Kanto’s other four prefectures are all one lump.
** 2019 June 2, “‘Bura Tamori Chibaraki hen’ zen rūto o shashin de shōkai! [Introducing with photos all the routes taken in ‘Wandering Tamori Chibaraki episode’!]”, in Travel Jarna‎, archived from the original on 13 May 2020:
    ブラタモリは、千(ち)葉(ば)県(けん)と茨(いばら)城(き)県(けん)が利(と)根(ね)川(がわ)で県(けん)境(きょう)を接(せっ)する、ちばらきのエリアを訪(たず)ねています。相(そう)互(ご)に結(むす)びつきが強(つよ)い地(ち)域(いき)です。ちばらきは、決(けっ)して単(たん)なる俗(ぞく)称(しょう)ではなく、地(じ)元(もと)でよく使(つか)われ、茨(いばら)城(き)県(けん)史(し)にも掲(けい)載(さい)された名(めい)称(しょう)です。
       Bura Tamori wa, Chiba-ken to Ibaraki-ken ga Tone-gawa de kenkyō o sessuru, Chibaraki no eria o tazuneteimasu. Sōgo ni musubitsuki ga tsuyoi chiiki desu. Chibaraki wa, kesshite tan naru zokushō de wa naku, jimoto de yoku tsukaware, Ibaraki-ken shi ni mo keisai sareta meishō desu.
       The TV program Wandering Tamori is visiting the Chibaraki area, where Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures meet at the Tone river. It is an area with strong ties. Chibaraki is not just a one-off nickname; it is used by local people, and even recorded in Ibaraki prefecture’s history.

#### Usage notes

Chiba and Ibaraki are neighboring prefectures in the Kanto region. Communities on both sides of the river that divides the prefectures share connections. The area is sometimes distinguished from the more urban region of Eastern Tokyo.

### See also

* グンタマ (Guntama, “Gunma and Saitama prefectures”)
* ダさいたま (Dasaitama, derogatory nickname for Saitama)