淡路

あわじ

Meanings

1. Noun Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
2. Awaji (island)

Kanji

• 淡 faint. Read as あわい.
• 路 route. Read as じ.

Example sentences

• 淡路で大地震があったというニュースを聞いた。
  I heard the news that there had been a big earthquake in Awaji.

Words containing 淡路

• 阪神・淡路大震災 (はんしんあわじだいしんさい) Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake (1995)
• 淡路結び (あわじむすび) var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki
• 淡路養護学校 (あわじようごがっこう) Awaji Special Needs School (older name style)

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