川端

Japanese

Kanji in this term
川	端
かわ Grade: 1	はた > ばた Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

川(かわ) (kawa, “river”) + 端(はた) (hata, “edge”)

Noun

川(かわ)端(ばた) • (kawabata) ^{←かはばた (kafabata)?}

1. Riverbank.
   • 1593: Esopono fabulas (Aesop's Fables), "Vôcameto, fitcujino tatoyeno coto" (The Wolf and The Lamb)

     Aru cauabatani vôcamemo, fitcujimo mizzuuo nomuni, ...

     [ある川端にオオカメも、ヒツジも水を飲むに、…]

     Aru cauabatani vôcamemo, fitcujimo mizzuuo nomuni, ...

     On a certain riverbank, a wolf and a sheep go to drink water)

   • 1632: Diego Collado, Dictionarium Sive Thesauri Linguae Iaponicae Compendium, p. 117 (mislabelled 118)

     Ripa, æ: ribera y orilla de rio. cavãbata.

     Ripa, æ: ribera y orilla de rio. cavãbata.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 川縁(かわべり) (kawaberi)

Proper noun

川(かわ)端(ばた) • (Kawabata) 

1. a surname