天の川

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • (folklore) the Milky Way
  • (galaxy)

Etymology

Affix from Japanese 天 (heaven, heavens, sky) + Japanese の (possessive particle, of, 's, possessive marker, genitive case marker, month, bird, s)+ Japanese 川 (river, brook, stream, river stream brook, kawa).

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Japanese

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river, brook, stream, river stream brook, kawa

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Kanji

川, 河

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🐻

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