歌志内

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 歌志内 – see 歌志內 (“Utashinai”). (This term is the simplified form of 歌志內).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歌	志	内
うた Grade: 2 (ateji)	し Grade: 5 (ateji)	ない Grade: 2 (ateji)
kun'yomi	on'yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
歌志內 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

According to one theory, the name was from a corruption of Ainu オタ ウㇱ ナイ (ota ut nai), meaning "river attached with sand", then misheard as オタシナイ (Otashinai), until its current form.

Proper noun

歌(うた)志(し)内(ない) • (Utashinai) 

1. Utashinai (a city in Sorachi, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
2. Utashinai (a train station in Utashinai, Sorachi, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)