Hosokawa

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 細川 (Hosokawa).

Proper noun

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Hosokawa (plural Hosokawas)

  1. A surname from Japanese.
    • 1986, William H. Taft, Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists, Routledge, published 2015, page 294:
      After two years with the Singapore Herald and the Far Eastern Review in Shanghai, William Hosokawa returned to the United States for a career on western newspapers.

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 細川 (Hosokawa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /o.so.ka.wa/; /ho.so.ka.wa/

Proper noun

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Hosokawa m or f

  1. a surname from Japanese

Japanese

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Romanization

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Hosokawa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほそかわ