畦

畔

Readings

Kana: あぜ、くろ

Romaji: aze, kuro

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

ridge of earth between rice fields

Note: word usually written using kana alone

ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel

Note: word usually written using kana alone

footpath between rice fields; causeway

Note: abbreviation

See also: 畦道

Kanji

畦

Readings: ケイ、あぜ、うね

Meanings: rice paddy ridge, furrow, rib

畔

Readings: ハン、あぜ、くろ、ほとり

Meanings: paddy ridge, levee

Example Sentence

ほっそい道(どう)にほとんどスピードを落(お)とさず、走(はし)りこんだ。「近道(ちかみち)なんですよ」「ってここ、あぜ道(みち)～～～っ！」

➥We sped into the narrow track, hardly dropping any speed. "It's a short cut!" "Oi! It's a footpath!!"

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畝

畦

Reading

Kana: うね

Romaji: une

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops

rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)

Kanji

畝

Readings: ボウ、ホ、モ、ム、せ、うね

Meanings: furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge, rib

畦

Readings: ケイ、あぜ、うね

Meanings: rice paddy ridge, furrow, rib

Example Sentences

濃霧(のうむ)に加(くわ)えてうねりも高(たか)かった。

➥In addition to a thick fog, there was a heavy swell.

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川(かわ)はうねるように平野(へいや)を流(なが)れている。

➥The river meanders across the plain.

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