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天の川 (amanogawa) Japanese meaning: Milky Way | Kotomora
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がわ
が
きれい
に
見み
える
。
The Milky Way looks beautiful in the summer night sky.
The Milky Way Galaxy is the galaxy that contains our solar system.
Usage patterns 天あま の 川がわ が 見み える the Milky Way is visible
The Milky Way is clearly visible from the top of the mountain.
天あま の 川がわ がかかる the Milky Way stretches/arches across the sky
The Milky Way arched across the summer night sky.
天あま の 川がわ を 渡わた る to cross the Milky Way (as in the Tanabata legend)
Kanji 川 stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47) Etymology Literally 'river of heaven', from 天 (ama, 'heaven') + の (no, possessive particle) + 川 (kawa, 'river'). The reading あまのがわ is a compound with rendaku (sequential voicing) of かわ to がわ. The alternate reading あまのかわ is obsolete.
On the night of Tanabata, Orihime crosses the Milky Way to meet Hikoboshi.
Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.