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天の川 (あまのがわ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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の
川がわ
が
きれい
に
見み
える
。
The Milky Way looks beautiful in the summer night sky.
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)
On the night of Tanabata, Orihime crosses the Milky Way to meet Hikoboshi.
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 The alternate reading あまのかわ is obsolete.
天の河
Usage 3% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
