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Kanji in this term
西
か(つ)
Grade: S
さい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of () (ka) + 西(さい) (sai, the west), the former an abbreviation of (かつ)(しか)(ぐん) (katsushika-gun, Katsushika District, in Shimōsa Province); originally referring to the western half of the district.

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葛西(かさい) (Kasai

  1. (broadly) The area equivalent to the western part of Katsushika district in former Shimōsa, Japan.
  2. (strictly) An area in southern Edogawa, Tokyo prefecture, Japan.
  3. a surname
    ()西(さい)(もり)()
    Kasai Morio
    Morio Kasai, known for the Kasai procedure in pediatric surgery