滝川

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See also: 瀧川

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滝 川
たき
Grade: S 		かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
瀧川 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Compound of 滝(たき) (taki, “waterfall”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

Noun

滝(たき)川(がわ) • (takigawa) ←たきがは (takigafa)?

  1. rapids
    • 1151, Shika Wakashū (book 7, poem 229), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 77)
      瀬(せ)を早(はや)み岩(いは)にせかるる滝川(たきがは)のわれても末(すゑ)に逢(あ)はむとぞ思(おも)ふ
      se o hayami iwa ni sekaruru takigawa no warete mo sue ni awan to zo omou
      Like a valley stream with rapids blocked by a boulder, though we broke up, in the end we'd meet I know.

Proper noun

滝川(たきかわ) • (Takikawa) ←たきかは (Takikafa)?

  1. Takikawa (a city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname

Proper noun

滝(たき)川(がわ) • (Takigawa) ←たきがは (Takigafa)?

  1. A place name.
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

Other various nanori readings.

Proper noun

滝川(たかかわ) • (Takakawa) ←たかかは (Takakafa)?

  1. a surname

Proper noun

滝川(たかがわ) • (Takagawa) ←たかがは (Takagafa)?

  1. a surname

Proper noun

滝川(たかわ) • (Takawa) ←たかは (Takafa)?

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Ema Saikō, Hiroaki Sato (1998) Breeze Through Bamboo: Kanshi of Ema Saikō, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 196
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