川下り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
川	下
かわ Grade: 1	くだ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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

(Tokyo) かわくだり [kàwákúꜜdàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠kɯ̟da̠ɾʲi]

Noun

川(かわ)下(くだ)り • (kawakudari) ^{←かはくだり (kafakudari)^?}

going downstream, e.g. in a boat

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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