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ほとり

irregular okuriganausually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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Meanings

side (esp. of a waterbody), edge, bank, shore

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Example sentences

みずうみほとりふる教会きょうかいっている。

An old church stands on the shore of the lake.

かわほとり子供こどもたちがあそんでいた。

Children were playing by the riverside.

いけほとりこしろして、しばらくかんがえた。

I sat down by the edge of the pond and thought for a while.

その詩人しじん生涯しょうがいうみほとりはなれることなくらした。

The poet spent his entire life without ever leaving the seashore.

きよらかなかわほとりしげあしなかから、とりこえこえてきた。

From among the reeds growing along the clear riverbank, the sound of birdsong could be heard.