東村山

Chinese

east village mountain; hill
trad. (東村山)
simp. (东村山)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (ひがし)(むら)(やま) (Higashimurayama, literally East Village Mountain).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

東村山

  1. () Higashimurayama (a city in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
  2. () Higashimurayama (a district of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひがし
Grade: 2
むら
Grade: 1
やま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (ひがし) (higashi, east) + (むら) (mura, village) + (やま) (yama, mountain).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がしむらやま [hìgáshímúráꜜyàmà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çiɡa̠ɕimɯ̟ɾa̠ja̠ma̠]

Proper noun

(ひがし)(むら)(やま) • (Higashimurayama

  1. Higashimurayama (a city in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
  2. Higashimurayama (a district of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)

References

  1. ^ 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