水辺

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	辺
みず Grade: 1	べ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
水邊 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みずべ [mìzúbé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨbe̞]

Noun

水(みず)辺(べ) • (mizube) 

1. waterside, shoreline

Synonyms

• 水際(みずぎわ) (mizugiwa)
• 汀(みぎわ) (migiwa)
• 渚(なぎさ) (nagisa)
• 水涯(すいがい) (suigai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	辺
すい Grade: 1	へん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
水邊 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいへん [sùíhéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨihẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

水(すい)辺(へん) • (suihen) 

1. bank, shore, water's edge [from 10th century]
2. (poetry, haiku, renga) a word or phrase related to water [from 14th century]
   • 1960, Kaneko Kinjirō, “Ryōki renga ron ni okeru ‘te ni wo ha’ no igi”, in Kokubungaku kō‎^[1], page 337:

     意(い)味(み)の両(りょう)。（山(やま)類(るい)・水(すい)辺(へん)、体(からだ)・用(よう)、四(し)季(き)などの詞(し)の分(ぶん)類(るい)に見(み)られることき。）

     Imi no ryō. (Yamarui suihen, karada yō, shiki nado no shi no bunrui ni mirareru koto ki.)

     Division by meaning. (This can be seen in the division of lyrics into yamarui [mountain words], suihen [water words] of constitution or use, or shiki [four seasons] and so on.)