N2589/1725

地ち名めい

nounnoun (generic)

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ちめい

Meanings

place name, toponym

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Example sentences

この地名ちめいの由来ゆらいを調しらべてみた。

I tried looking into the origin of this place name.

地図ちずに記しるされた地名ちめいが読よめなかった。

I couldn't read the place name written on the map.

その地名ちめいは歴史的れきしてきな出来事できごとに由来ゆらいしている。

That place name originates from a historical event.

外国がいこくの地名ちめいはカタカナで表記ひょうきされることが多おおい。

Foreign place names are often written in katakana.

この地域ちいきの地名ちめいには、古来こらいより使つかわれてきた独特どくとくの表現ひょうげんが数多かずおおく残のこされている。

Many unique expressions that have been used since ancient times remain in the place names of this region.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)