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俣

俣: fork

fork; branching point (place names)
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Readings

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また

Japan-made kanji read また, mostly in place names like 水俣. Not the everyday 股 (また, thigh, crotch).

Key words

二俣ふたまたfork; bifurcation
水俣病みなまたびょうMinamata disease
俣またfork (of a tree or road)

Example sentences

The mountain path split in two at a large cedar tree.

Minamata disease was a pollution disease caused by mercury in a factory's wastewater.

A small bird had built a little nest in the fork of the tree.

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