谷川

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
たに
Grade: 2
かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From (たに) (tani, valley, ravine, gorge) + (かわ) (kawa, river, stream, brook). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(たに)(がわ) (tanigawa

  1. valley stream, mountain stream

Synonyms

Proper noun

(たに)(がわ) (Tanigawa

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN