川端
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Japanese [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
川 (kawa) "river" + 側/端/傍 (hata) "edge"
Noun [edit]
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| 川 | 端 |
川端 (hiragana かわばた, romaji kawabata)
- Riverbank.
- 1593: Esopono fabulas (Aesop's Fables), "Vôcameto, fitcujino tatoyeno coto" (The Wolf and The Lamb)
- Aru cauabatani vôcamemo, fitcujimo mizzuuo nomuni, ...
- (= ある川端にオウカメも、ヒツジも水を飲むに、…)
- (On a certain riverbank, a wolf and a sheep drink water)
- 1632: Diego Collado, Dictionarium Sive Thesauri Linguae Iaponicae Compendium, p. 117 (mislabelled 118)
- Ripa, æ: ribera y orilla de rio. cavãbata.
- 1593: Esopono fabulas (Aesop's Fables), "Vôcameto, fitcujino tatoyeno coto" (The Wolf and The Lamb)
Synonyms [edit]
- 川縁 (kawaberi)
Proper noun [edit]
川端 (hiragana かわばた, romaji Kawabata)
- Kawabata, a Japanese surname
