ほとり

ほとり · hotori · JLPT N1 · noun

lake

ほとり — lake

🌊 辺 means edge or side, and its reading ほとり is the land right beside water

The kanji 辺 means edge or side. Its kun reading ほとり (hotori) names the ground along the shore of a lake or river, so the word is literally 'the edge of the water.'

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