交差点

See also: 交叉點

Japanese

Kanji in this term
交	差	点
こう Grade: 2	さ Grade: 4	てん Grade: 2
kan’on		on’yomi

Alternative spellings
交叉點 (kyūjitai) 交叉点 (rare)

Etymology

差 is a daiyōji replacing 叉.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーさてん [kòósátéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) こーさてん [kòósáꜜtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsa̠tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

交(こう)差(さ)点(てん) • (kōsaten) ^{←かうさてん (kausaten)^?}

crossing, crossroad, intersection
交(こう)差(さ)点(てん)を横(おう)断(だん)する
kōsaten o ōdan suru
cross an intersection
- 1921, Jitsuzō Kuwabara, Daishi no Nittō‎:
  
  横(よこ)の揚(やう)子(す)江(かう)と、縱(たて)の運(うん)河(が)の交(かう)叉(さ)點(てん)に當(あた)る揚(やう)州(しう)は、當(たう)時(じ)内(ない)外(ぐわい)商(しやう)賈(ばい)の輻(ふく)輳(そう)する所(ところ)で、遠(とほ)くアラビア（大(ター)食(ジ)）ペルシア邊(あたり)の外(ぐわい)商(しやう)も尠(すくな)からずここに來(らい)集(しふ)した。
  Yoko no Yōsukō to, tate no unga no kōsaten ni ataru Yōshū wa, tōji naigai shōbai no fukusō suru tokoro de, tooku Arabia (Tāji) Perushia atari no gaishō mo sukunakarazu koko ni raishū shita.
  Yangzhou, located at the intersection of the horizontal Yangtze River and the vertical canal, was a busy place for both domestic and foreign business at that time, and not a few foreign merchants from faraway around Arabia and Persia gathered there.

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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