Japanese

Noun

川端 ‎(hiragana かわばた, romaji kawabata, historical hiragana かはばた)

1. Riverbank.
   • 1593: Esopono fabulas (Aesop's Fables), "Vôcameto, fitcujino tatoyeno coto" (The Wolf and The Lamb)

     Aru cauabatani vôcamemo, fitcujimo mizzuuo nomuni, ...

     (= ある川端にオオカメも、ヒツジも水を飲むに、…)

     (On a certain riverbank, a wolf and a sheep go to drink water)

   • 1632: Diego Collado, Dictionarium Sive Thesauri Linguae Iaponicae Compendium, p. 117 (mislabelled 118)

     Ripa, æ: ribera y orilla de rio. cavãbata.

Synonyms

• 川縁 (かわべり) ‎(kawaberi)

Proper noun

川端 ‎(hiragana かわばた, romaji Kawabata)

1. A surname​.