葛西

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葛 西
か(つ)
Grade: S 		さい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 葛(か) (ka) + 西(さい) (sai, “the west”), the former an abbreviation of 葛(かつ)飾(しか)郡(ぐん) (katsushika-gun, “Katsushika District”, in Shimōsa Province); originally referring to the western half of the district.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かさい [káꜜsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠sa̠i]

Proper noun

葛西(かさい) • (Kasai) 

  1. (loosely) The area equivalent to the western part of Katsushika district in former Shimōsa, Japan
  2. (strictly) an area in southern Edogawa, Tokyo prefecture, Japan
  3. a surname
    葛(か)西(さい)森(もり)夫(お)
    Kasai Morio
    Morio Kasai, known for the Kasai procedure in pediatric surgery
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