谷川
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 谷 | 川 |
| たに Grade: 2 |
かわ > がわ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
From 谷 (tani, “valley, ravine, gorge”) + 川 (kawa, “river, stream, brook”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- 渓流 (keiryū)
Proper noun
[edit]- a surname
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 谷 read as たに
- Japanese terms spelled with 川 read as かわ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese surnames