津

Meaning

津 centers on a place where water meets land and provides access: a harbor, port, or ferry crossing. All given meanings are natural applications of this idea of a waterside transit point.

• 津波つなみ
  N3

  tsunami; tidal wave

• 津つ

  Tsu (city in Mie)

• 大津おおつ

  Ōtsu (city in Shiga)

• 天津あまつ
  N1

  heavenly; imperial

• 天津てんしん

  Tianjin (China); Tientsin

• 興味津々きょうみしんしん

  very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

• 津軽つがる

  Tsugaru (western region of Aomori Prefecture)

• 摂津せっつ

  Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

• 秋津あきつ

  dragonfly

• 天津飯てんしんはん

  crab omelet on rice

• 津々浦々つつうらうら

  all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor

• 津々しんしん

  gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless

• 会津大学あいづだいがく

  University of Aizu

• 島津製作所しまづせいさくしょ

  Shimazu Corporation

• 駄津だつ

  Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)

• 津波警報つなみけいほう
  N2

  tsunami warning

• 京津けいしん

  Kyoto-Otsu; Kyoto and Otsu

• 会津塗あいづぬり

  Aizu lacquer ware

• 会津小鉄会あいづこてつかい

  Aizukotetsu-kai (yakuza syndicate)

• 会津戦争あいづせんそう

  Battle of Aizu (1868)

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