谷川
Japanese
editEtymology
editKanji in this term | |
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谷 | 川 |
たに Grade: 2 |
かわ > がわ Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
From 谷 (tani, “valley, ravine, gorge”) + 川 (kawa, “river, stream, brook”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSynonyms
edit- 渓流 (keiryū)
Proper noun
edit- a surname
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 谷 read as たに
- Japanese terms spelled with 川 read as かわ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
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- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
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- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
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