どぶがわ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
溝川 どぶ川 ドブ川

Alternative forms

• どぶかわ (dobukawa)

Etymology

From 溝(どぶ) (dobu, “ditch”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どぶがわ [dòbúgáwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞bɯ̟ᵝɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

どぶがわ or ドブがわ • (dobugawa) ^{←どぶがは (dobugafa)?}

1. "ditch river": river as dirty as a ditch; dirty river