春日井

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Chinese[edit]

spring; spring days; spring sun warn; well
simp. and trad.
(春日井)
春日
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Etymology[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 春日井 (Kasugai).

Pronunciation[edit]


Proper noun[edit]

春日井

  1. () Kasugai (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
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irregular kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

The region that is now northern Aichi prefecture was originally called 春部郡 (Kasukabe-gun); compare 春日部(かすかべ) (Kasukabe). In 1880 it was divided into 東春日井・西春日井, East Kasugai and West Kasugai. Compare also Old Japanese 春日 (Kasuga). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun[edit]

春日井(かすがい) (Kasugaiかすがゐ (kasugawi)?

  1. Short for 春日井市 (Kasugai-shi): A city in northwestern Aichi Prefecture
  2. a surname