"かわぎし" meaning in Japanese

See かわぎし in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Kawagishi [romanization]
Etymology: From 川(かわ) (kawa, “river; stream; brook”) + 岸(きし) (kishi, “shore; bank; coast”). The kishi changes to gishi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-com|川|かわ|岸|きし|t1=river; stream; brook|t2=shore; bank; coast}} 川(かわ) (kawa, “river; stream; brook”) + 岸(きし) (kishi, “shore; bank; coast”), {{sortkey|ja|かわぎし}} かわきし', {{ja-rendaku2|kishi|gishi}} The kishi changes to gishi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かわぎし}} かわぎし • (Kawagishi)
  1. a surname
    Sense id: en-かわぎし-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Noun

Forms: kawagishi [romanization], kafagisi [romanization], かはぎし [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 川(かわ) (kawa, “river; stream; brook”) + 岸(きし) (kishi, “shore; bank; coast”). The kishi changes to gishi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-com|川|かわ|岸|きし|t1=river; stream; brook|t2=shore; bank; coast}} 川(かわ) (kawa, “river; stream; brook”) + 岸(きし) (kishi, “shore; bank; coast”), {{sortkey|ja|かわぎし}} かわきし', {{ja-rendaku2|kishi|gishi}} The kishi changes to gishi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|かわぎし|hist=かはぎし}} かわぎし • (kawagishi) ^(←かはぎし (kafagisi)?)
  1. river bank, riverside
    Sense id: en-かわぎし-ja-noun-wB05lw~N Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for かわぎし meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
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