Japanese

edit

Etymology 1

edit

See 難波.

Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: S
irregular

Proper noun

edit

浪華(なにわ) (Naniwa

  1. Alternative form of 難波: archaic placename of Osaka
    • 1918, Okamoto Kidō, Shinjū Naniwa no harusame [Naniwa double suicide and gentle spring rain]:
      (さん)(がつ)(なか)ばを()ぎて、浪華(なにわ)(はな)()らす(はる)(さめ)(よる)()けるまでしめやかに(きこ)えた。
      Sangatsu mo nakaba o sugite, Naniwa no hana o chirasu harusame wa yoru no fukeru made shimeyaka ni kikoeta.
      March was half over, and the light rain scattering the flowers of Naniwa could be heard until late in the evening.

Etymology 2

edit

(ろう) (, waves) + () (ka, flower)

Kanji in this term
ろう
Grade: S

Grade: S
kan'on

Noun

edit

(ろう)() (rōka

  1. a flower that has been, or appears to have been, crushed by waves

References

edit