川下り
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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川 | 下 |
かわ Grade: 1 |
くだ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From 川 (kawa, “river," "stream," "brook"”) + 下り (kudari, “going down," "outbound”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 下る (kudaru, “to descend”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
川下り • (kawakudari) ←かはくだり (kafakudari)?
- going downstream, e.g. in a boat
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN