橋
はし
hepburn hashi
bridge
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 橋を渡る。I cross the bridge.
- 京都に古い橋がある。Kyoto has an old bridge.
Collocations
橋 (hashi, bridge)橋を渡る虹の橋橋渡し (mediation)日本橋 (Nihonbashi)
Mnemonic
Hashi-bridge (橋) is "bridge" — B + cluster (architecture and crossing-metaphor cluster). Homophonous with 箸 chopsticks and 端 edge, split by pitch accent. Japanese cluster: (1) Nihonbashi (Tokyos road 0-km marker from Edo 1603, gokaidou origin); (2) hashi-watashi (mediation metaphor); (3) niji no hashi (pet afterlife); (4) Kyotos Kamogawa bridges.
Quick check
Nihonbashi?