鳴門

Chinese

to cry (of birds)
 
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (鳴門) 鳴 門
simp. (鸣门) 鸣 门

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳴門 (なると) (naruto).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

鳴門

  1. (～市) Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳴 門
Grade: 2 Grade: 2

Noun

鳴門 (hiragana なると, katakana ナルト, rōmaji naruto)

  1. The city of Naruto; famous for its whirlpools.
  2. Short for 鳴門巻き / なると巻き (なるとまき, narutomaki) a type of kamaboko (蒲鉾)

See also

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