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向こう岸 (むこうぎし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

向むこう岸ぎし

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

opposite bank; farther shore

Refers to the other side of a river, lake, or similar body of water.

向むこう岸ぎしに小ちいさな家いえが見みえる。
I can see a small house on the opposite bank.

泳およいで向むこう岸ぎしまで渡わたった。

I swam across to the farther shore.

Kanji

向yonder, facing, beyond
岸beach

Related words

対たい岸がん
対岸 is a slightly formal, written term for the far shore, while 向こう岸 is the everyday, colloquial way to say the same thing.

Built from

向むこう+岸きし

Written forms

向むこう岸ぎしUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling.
向むこう岸ぎしUsage18%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant with 向う instead of 向こう.

Etymology

Compound of 向こう (mukō, 'opposite side') and 岸 (kishi, 'shore, bank').