滝川

See also: 瀧川

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滝	川
たき Grade: S	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
瀧川 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Compound of 滝(たき) (taki, “waterfall”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

1. rapids

   1151, Shika Wakashū (book 7, poem 229), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 77)

   瀬(せ)を早(はや)み岩(いは)にせかるる滝川(たきがは)のわれても末(すゑ)に逢(あ)はむとぞ思(おも)ふ

   se o hayami iwa ni sekaruru takigawa no warete mo sue ni awan to zo omou

   Like a valley stream with rapids blocked by a boulder, though we broke up, in the end we'd meet I know.

Proper noun

滝川(たきかわ) • (Takikawa) ^{←たきかは (takikafa)?}

1. A place name, such as that of Takikawa City in Hokkaido Prefecture
2. a surname

1. A place name.
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Other various nanori readings.

Proper noun

1. a surname

滝川(たかがわ) • (Takagawa) ^{←たかがは (takagafa)?}

1. a surname

滝川(たかわ) • (Takawa) ^{←たかは (takafa)?}

1. a surname