大津

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Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
Tianjin; ferry
simp. and trad.
(大津)
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大津(おおつ) (Ōtsu).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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大津

  1. () Ōtsu (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

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大津 (Ōtsu): various views around the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture.
Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (ō, big, large) +‎ (tsu, harbor, port).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(おお)() (ōtsuおほつ (ofotu)?

  1. a large port or harbor
  2. a type of mud used as an overcoat for an earthen or mud wall, named for the town of Ōtsu where it was produced
  3. short for 大津馬 (Ōtsu uma), a stage horse from the town of Ōtsu

Proper noun

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(おお)() (Ōtsuおほつ (Ofotu)?

  1. Ōtsu (the capital city of Shiga Prefecture), an important port on Lake Biwa
  2. the name of various other places in Japan
  3. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN