早稲田

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早 稲 田
わさ た > だ
Grade: 1
Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
早稻田 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
早 稲 田
わせ た > だ
Grade: 1
Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
早稻田 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 早稲 (wase, wasa-) +‎ 田 (ta, “field; paddy”). The form wasada uses the combining prefix form of 早稲 (wase), which is wasa-. The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わせだ [wáꜜsèdà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [β̞a̠se̞da̠]

Noun

早稲(わせ)田(だ) or 早稲(わさ)田(だ) • (waseda or wasada) 

  1. (agriculture) a paddy of early-ripening rice

Proper noun

早稲(わせ)田(だ) • (Waseda) 

  1. a town in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

See also

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