川下り
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 川 | 下 |
| かわ Grade: 1 |
くだ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]From 川 (kawa, “river," "stream," "brook"”) + 下り (kudari, “going down," "outbound”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 下る (kudaru, “to descend”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]川下り • (kawakudari) ←かはくだり (kafakudari)?
- going downstream, e.g. in a boat
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 川 read as かわ
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