川瀬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
川	瀬
かわ Grade: 1	せ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
川瀨 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 川 (kawa, “river, stream, brook”) +‎ 瀬 (se, “shallows”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かわせ [kàwásé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠se̞]

Noun

川(かわ)瀬(せ) • (kawase)

rapids, shallows of a river

Proper noun

川(かわ)瀬(せ) • (Kawase)

a surname

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN