淀川

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
よど
Jinmeiyō
かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
 淀川 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From (よど) (yodo, pool, eddy) + (かわ) (-kawa, suffix after names of rivers). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(よど)(がわ) (Yodogawaよどがは (Yodogafa)?

  1. Yodo River (a river in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname