Kawasaki

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Japanese 川崎 (Kawasaki).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /kæwəˈsɑki/, /kaʊəˈsɑki/

Proper noun

Kawasaki (countable and uncountable, plural Kawasakis)

A major city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
(countable) A surname from Japanese.
A Japanese motorcycle manufacturer.
(uncountable) Ellipsis of Kawasaki disease.

Derived terms

Translations

a city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan

Arabic: كَاوَاسَاكِي m (kawasakī)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 川崎 (zh) (Chuānqí)
Czech: Kawasaki
Finnish: Kawasaki
Japanese: 川崎 (ja) (かわさき, Kawasaki)
Korean: 가와사키 (ko) (Gawasaki)
Marathi: कावासाकी (kāvāsākī)
Russian: Каваса́ки (ru) m (Kavasáki)

a Japanese surname

Arabic: كَاوَاسَاكِي m or f (kawasakī)
Bulgarian: Каваза́ки m or f (Kavazáki)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 川崎 (zh) (Chuānqí)
Finnish: Kawasaki
Japanese: 川崎 (ja) (かわさき, Kawasaki)
Korean: 가와사키 (ko) (Gawasaki)
Marathi: कावासाकी (kāvāsākī)
Russian: Каваса́ки (ru) m or f (Kavasáki)

a Japanese motorcycle manufacturer

Arabic: كَاوَاسَاكِي m (kawasakī)
Bulgarian: Каваза́ки n (Kavazáki)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 川崎 (zh) (Chuānqí)
Finnish: Kawasaki
Japanese: カワサキ (Kawasaki)
Korean: 가와사키 (ko) (Gawasaki)
Marathi: कावासाकी (kāvāsākī)
Russian: Каваса́ки (ru) m (Kavasáki)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 川(かわ)崎(さき) (Kawasaki).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkavasakɪ]
Rhymes: -akɪ
Hyphenation: Ka‧wa‧sa‧ki

Proper noun

Kawasaki n (indeclinable, relational adjective kawasacký)

Kawasaki (a major city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)

Further reading

“Kawasaki”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Japanese

Romanization

Kawasaki

Rōmaji transcription of かわさき