みちばた

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
道端 道ばた

From 道(みち) (michi) + 端(はた) (hata). The hata changes to bata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みちばた [mìchíbátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲit͡ɕiba̠ta̠]

Noun

みちばた • (michibata) ^{←みちばた (mitibata)?}

1. roadside

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of みちばた – see the following entry.

【道端】 [proper noun] a surname

(This term, みちばた, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)