川下り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
川 下
かわ
Grade: 1 		くだ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 川 (kawa, “river," "stream," "brook"”) +‎ 下り (kudari, “going down," "outbound”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 下る (kudaru, “to descend”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

川(かわ)下(くだ)り • (kawakudari) ←かはくだり (kafakudari)?

  1. going downstream, e.g. in a boat

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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