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内辺 (うちわたり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

内辺うちわたり

Meanings

1

noun

precincts of the Imperial palace

Refers specifically to the grounds or area within the Imperial palace. A formal, somewhat literary term.

内うち辺わたりには一いっ般ぱんの人ひとは立たち入いれない。
Ordinary people cannot enter the precincts of the Imperial palace.

Kanji

内inside, within, between
辺environs, boundary, border

Etymology

Compound of 内 (uchi, 'inside') and 辺 (watari, 'vicinity, area'). The reading うちわたり is a kun'yomi compound.