川端

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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(かわ) (kawa, river) + (はた) (hata, edge)

Noun

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(かわ)(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

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Proper noun

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(かわ)(ばた) (Kawabata

  1. a surname