どぶがわ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
溝川
どぶ川
ドブ川

Alternative forms
  • どぶかわ (dobukawa)

Etymology

From 溝(どぶ) (dobu, “ditch”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) どぶがわ [dòbúgáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞bɯ̟ᵝɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

どぶがわ or ドブがわ • (dobugawa) ←どぶがは (dobugafa)?

  1. "ditch river": river as dirty as a ditch; dirty river

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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