🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)
かわのじ【川の字】 : kawa no ji | define meaning
kawa no ji
Definition
Noun
- (Colloquialism) Three people, especially two parents and a child in the middle, lined up sleeping in the shape of the kanji character 川 'river'.
- かわのじでねる【川の字で寝る】
kawa no ji de neru
"To sleep in the shape of the character 川"
- かわのじでねる【川の字で寝る】
- (Literal) The character for river (川)
- (Figurative) Three vertical lines; three straight lines
Etymology
Derived from かわ【川】 kawa, the genitive particle の no, and the noun じ【字】 ji "character; letter".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 川の字 |
| Kana | かわのじ |
| Romanization | kawa no ji |
意味：かわのじ【川の字】
Categories:
川の字
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2014, January 18). かわのじ【川の字】 : kawa no ji | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 11, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2342/kawanoji/.