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Suji & bashi -- what do they mean?
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2014/2/25 21:59
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As in shinsaibashi suji, tenjinbashi Suji, nipponbashi, etc. thank you.
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by lalainec2003
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Re: Suji & bashi -- what do they mean?
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2014/2/26 17:13
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Simply a word "suji" means "line", and "-hashi/-bashi" means "bridge".
Recently I read an article about Suji & Toori(Doori), I didn't know because I'm live in Tokyo. In Osaka and Kobe, the streets runs north and south are called "Suji" and the streets runs east and west are called "Toori/Doori". By the way, this rule is not used in Kyoto.
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by ajapaneseboy
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Re: Suji & bashi -- what do they mean?
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2014/2/27 07:31
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The word "suji" has various meaning. I suppose that in place names "suji" means a way from, to, along or so. Shinsaibashi-suji in Osaka is a way from/to a bridge which has been called Shinsaibashi. The same can be said about Tenjinbashi-suji in Osaka.
Among place names which end with the word "hashi" meaning a bridge, some may derive from a name of a real bridge. A place name in Osaka "Nippombashi" comes from a bridge which has been called so. The same can be said about "Nihombashi" in Tokyo. (These two names look the same in kanji characters.) Also "Shimbashi" ["Shinbashi"] in Tokyo comes from a real bridge, though the bridge no longer exists.
In modern Japanese, "hashi" which can mean a bridge, "hashi" which can mean chopsticks and "hashi" which can mean an end are regarded as different words.
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by omotenashi
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