Hosokawa

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 細川 (Hosokawa).

Proper noun

Hosokawa (plural Hosokawas)

  1. A surname from Japanese.
    • 1986, William H. Taft, Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists, Routledge, published 2015, page 294:
      After two years with the Singapore Herald and the Far Eastern Review in Shanghai, William Hosokawa returned to the United States for a career on western newspapers.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 細川 (Hosokawa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.so.ka.wa/; /ho.so.ka.wa/

Proper noun

Hosokawa m or f

  1. a surname from Japanese

Japanese

Romanization

Hosokawa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほそかわ