天の川

ja-pos

天(てん)の川(かわ) • (Ten no Kawa) ^(←てんのかは (Ten no Kafa)?)

天の川 (canonical)
Ten no Kawa (romanization)
Ten no Kafa (romanization)
てんのかは (hiragana historical)

From 天 (ten, “heaven”) + の (no, possessive/attributive particle) + 川 (kawa, “river”).


淀川

ja-pos

淀(よど)川(がわ) • (Yodogawa) ^(←よどがは (Yodogafa)?)

淀川 (canonical)
Yodogawa (romanization)
Yodogafa (romanization)
よどがは (hiragana historical)

From 淀(よど) (yodo, “pool, eddy”) + 川(かわ) (-kawa, suffix after names of rivers). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

Yodo River (a river in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)


石川

ja-pos

石(いし)川(かわ) • (Ishikawa) ^(←いしかは (Isikafa)?)

石(いし)川(がわ) • (Ishigawa) ^(←いしがは (Isigafa)?)

石川 (canonical)
Ishikawa (romanization)
Isikafa (romanization)
いしかは (hiragana historical)
石川 (canonical)
Ishigawa (romanization)
Isigafa (romanization)
いしがは (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 石川 (Shíchuān)

→ English: Ishikawa, Ishigawa

[iɕiɡa̠β̞a̠]

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-com

synonym of 賀茂川 (Kamogawa): a river in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

賀茂川

Ishi River (rivers in Japan):
a river in Aichi Prefecture

a tributary of the Tokiwa, Hokkaido Prefecture

a tributary of the Yamato, Osaka Prefecture

Ishi River (rivers in Japan):
a river in Niigata Prefecture

a tributary of the Sai, Ishikawa Prefecture

a tributary of the Sabaishi, Niigata Prefecture

a tributary of the Hikimi, Shimane Prefecture


長谷川

ja-pos

長谷(はせ)川(がわ) • (Hasegawa) ^(←はせがは (Fasegafa)?)

長(なが)谷(たに)川(がわ) • (Nagatanigawa) ^(←ながたにがは (Nagatanigafa)?)

長(なが)谷(や)川(がわ) • (Nagayagawa) ^(←ながやがは (Nagayagafa)?)

長谷川 (canonical)
Hasegawa (romanization)
Fasegafa (romanization)
はせがは (hiragana historical)
長谷川 (canonical)
Nagatanigawa (romanization)
Nagatanigafa (romanization)
ながたにがは (hiragana historical)
長谷川 (canonical)
Nagayagawa (romanization)
Nagayagafa (romanization)
ながやがは (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 長谷川 /长谷川 (Chánggǔchuān)

→ English: Hasegawa

[na̠ɡa̠ta̠ɲ̟iɡa̠β̞a̠]

[na̠ɡa̠ja̠ɡa̠β̞a̠]

From 長谷 (Hase / Nagatani / Nagaya, placename) + 川 (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

com

Hase River (rivers and tributaries in Japan):

a tributary of the Onga, Fukuoka Prefecture

a tributary of the Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture

a tributary of the Kiso, Nagano Prefecture

a tributary of the Kushida, Mie Prefecture

a tributary of the Kōnokawa, Niigata Prefecture

a tributary of the Gokase, Miyazaki Prefecture

a tributary of the Naruse, Miyagi Prefecture

a tributary of the Noro, Hiroshima Prefecture

a tributary of the Yoshino, Tokushima Prefecture

a tributary of the Yodo, Kyoto Prefecture

Nagatani River (rivers and tributaries in Japan):

a river in Okayama Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture

a tributary of the Agano, Fukushima Prefecture

a tributary of the Asahi, the Iri, the Takahashi and the Yoshii, Okayama Prefecture

a tributary of the Abu, the Oze and the Nishiki, Yamaguchi Prefecture

a tributary of the Ōno and the Yamakuni, Ōita Prefecture

a tributary of the Ogawa and the Mannose, Kagoshima Prefecture

a tributary of the Kagami, the Shimonokae, the Shinkawa, the Nahari, the Monobe and the Wajiki, Kōchi Prefecture

a tributary of the Gamō and the Tenjin, Tottori Prefecture

a tributary of the Kikuchi, the Kuma, the Gokase and the Seki, Kumamoto Prefecture

a tributary of the Kiso, Gifu Prefecture

a tributary of the Kinokawa, Nara Prefecture

a tributary of the Kurose, Hiroshima Prefecture

a tributary of the Gōnokawa, Shimane Prefecture and Hiroshima Prefecture

a tributary of the Saita, Kagawa Prefecture

a tributary of the Shigeta, the Shigenobu, the Hiji, the Hinoodani and the Mori, Ehime Prefecture

a tributary of the Shinano, Niigata Prefecture

a tributary of the Tatara, Fukuoka Prefecture

a tributary of the Chikusa and the Yada, Hyōgo Prefecture

a tributary of the Nachi, Wakayama Prefecture

a tributary of the Noda and the Yura, Kyoto Prefecture

a tributary of the Matsuura and the Rokkaku, Saga Prefecture

a tributary of the Yamada, Nagasaki Prefecture

a tributary of the Yodo, Osaka Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture and Nara Prefecture

a tributary of the Watari, Ehime Prefecture and Kōchi Prefecture

Nagaya River (a tributary of the Gōnokawa, Hiroshima Prefecture)


早川

ja-pos

早(はや)川(かわ) • (Hayakawa) ^(←はやかは (Fayakafa)?)

早川 (canonical)
Hayakawa (romanization)
Fayakafa (romanization)
はやかは (hiragana historical)

ja:早川
ja:早川 (山梨県)
ja:早川 (神奈川県)

Haya River (a river in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)

Haya River (a river in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)


Едо

From Japanese 江戸 (Edo, literally “cove entrance”).

bor

Edo River (a river in the Kantō region, Japan)


芥川

ja-pos

芥(あくた)川(がわ) • (Akutagawa) ^(←あくたがは (Akutagafa)?)

芥川 (canonical)
Akutagawa (romanization)
Akutagafa (romanization)
あくたがは (hiragana historical)

[a̠kɯ̟̊ta̠ɡa̠β̞a̠]

a river flowing through Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture


大井

大井 (canonical)
Ōi (romanization)
Ofowi (romanization)
おほゐ (hiragana historical)


Токати

ru-proper noun

То́кати • (Tókati) m inan (indeclinable)

То́кати (canonical)
Tókati (romanization)

Borrowed from Japanese 十勝 (とかち, Tokachi).

bor+

ru:Токати (округ)

Tokachi (a river in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan; in full, Tokachi River)


十勝

→ English: Tokachi

→ Russian: То́кати (Tókati)

Said to be from Ainu トカㇷ゚チ (tokapci). The exact original meaning, which is uncertain, is interpreted either as Ainu トカㇷ゚ウシ (tokap usi, “place of the breasts”) or Ainu トカオㇷ゚チ (toka op ci, “place of the swamp”).


江戶川

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 江(え)戸(ど)川(がわ) (Edogawa).


Yoro

en-proper-noun

Yoro (countable and uncountable, plural Yoros)

* (Honduras): Spanish Yoro
* (Japan): Japanese 養老 (“ようろう”) (Yōrō (Yōrō))

gloss

<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">Yōrō</i> (Yōrō)

A river in Chiba Prefecture, Japan; in full, Yoro River.


石狩

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石(いし)狩(かり) (Ishikari).

(～川) Ishikari River (a river in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)


石狩

From Ainu, with multiple possible etymons.

ja:石狩川 ja:石狩市 ja:石狩郡

石狩川

Ishikari (a river in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)


伊南

ja:伊南川
ja:伊南村 (福島県)


姫川

[çime̞ɡa̠β̞a̠]

Compound of 姫(ひめ) (hime-, “lady; small, little”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). Literally, “little river”. The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-com

ja:姫川 (曖昧さ回避)

Hime River (a river in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan)


姫川

[çime̞ɡa̠β̞a̠]

ja:姫川 (曖昧さ回避)

Hime River (a river in Nagano Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

Hime River (a river in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)


Tokachi

Borrowed from Japanese 十勝 (Tokachi), from Ainu トカㇷ゚チ (tokapci).

A river in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan; in full, Tokachi River.