畷: path between rice paddies

path between rice paddies

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Readings

テツ・テイ・セイ

Kun

なわて

Read なわて (a raised footpath between rice fields). It appears mostly in place names such as 四条畷 and 八丁畷.

畷なわてfootpath between rice fields

四条畷しじょうなわてShijonawate (city in Osaka)

四條畷市しじょうなわてしShijonawate City

八丁畷はっちょうなわてHacchonawate (place in Kawasaki)

夕暮ゆうぐれの畷なわてを歩あるいていると、あちこちでかえるの声こえが聞きこえた。

As I walked along the path between the rice paddies at dusk, I heard frogs croaking here and there.

大阪おおさか府ふの四条畷しじょうなわては、生駒山いこまやまのふもとに広ひろがる町まちだ。

Shijonawate in Osaka Prefecture is a town spreading out at the foot of Mount Ikoma.

八丁畷はっちょうなわて駅えきで電車でんしゃを降おりて、川崎かわさきの町まちを歩あるいた。

I got off the train at Hacchonawate Station and walked around the town of Kawasaki.