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長谷川

Pronunciation: [ha̠se̞ɡa̠β̞a̠]

“長谷川” is a Japanese word. Its 20 meanings in English:

proper noun

  1. a tributary of the Ōno, Ōita Prefecture
  2. a tributary of the Onga, Fukuoka Prefecture
  3. a tributary of the Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture
  4. a tributary of the Kiso, Nagano Prefecture
  5. a tributary of the Kushida, Mie Prefecture
  6. a tributary of the Kōnokawa, Niigata Prefecture
  7. a tributary of the Gokase, Miyazaki Prefecture
  8. a tributary of the Naruse, Miyagi Prefecture
  9. a tributary of the Noro, Hiroshima Prefecture
  10. a tributary of the Yoshino, Tokushima Prefecture
  11. a tributary of the Yodo, Kyoto Prefecture
  12. a tributary of the Agano, Fukushima Prefecture
  13. a tributary of the Asahi, the Iri, the Takahashi and the Yoshii, Okayama Prefecture
  14. a tributary of the Abu, the Oze and the Nishiki, Yamaguchi Prefecture
  15. a tributary of the Ōno and the Yamakuni, Ōita Prefecture
  16. a tributary of the Ogawa and the Mannose, Kagoshima Prefecture
  17. a tributary of the Kagami, the Shimonokae, the Shinkawa, the Nahari, the Monobe and the Wajiki, Kōchi Prefecture
  18. a tributary of the Gamō and the Tenjin, Tottori Prefecture
  19. a tributary of the Kikuchi, the Kuma, the Gokase and the Seki, Kumamoto Prefecture
  20. a tributary of the Kiso, Gifu Prefecture

Etymology

From 長谷 (Hase / Nagatani / Nagaya, placename) + 川 (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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