水車小屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	車	小	屋
すい Grade: 1	しゃ Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1	や Grade: 3
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 水車 (suisha, “waterwheel”) +‎ 小屋 (koya, “cottage”).

The koya changes to goya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

水(すい)車(しゃ)小(ご)屋(や) • (suisha-goya) 

1. a watermill

   Synonym: 水車場 (suishaba)

   • 1977, “Kitaguni no Haru [Spring in the North]”, Haku Ide (lyrics), Minoru Endō (music), performed by Masao Sen:

     山(やま)吹(ぶき)　朝(あさ)霧(ぎり)　水(すい)車(しゃ)小(ご)屋(や)　わらべ唄(うた)聞(き)こえる北(きた)国(ぐに)の　ああ北(きた)国(ぐに)の春(はる)

     yamabuki asagiri suisha-goya warabeuta kikoeru kitaguni no ā kitaguni no haru

     Kerrias, morning fog, and the watermill. I hear the children songs in the North, ah, spring in the North!