[大坂, Dà bǎn] old name for Osaka 大阪 (city in Japan), changed in the beginning of the Meiji 明治 Era because 坂 could, if the radicals were read separately, be interpreted as "(will) return to soil", See Also: 大阪, 明治, 坂

大阪府

[大阪府, Dà bǎn fǔ] Osaka Prefecture

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大阪

[おおさか, oosaka] TH: โอซาก้า

大阪

[おおさか, oosaka] EN: Oosaka (pl)

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大阪;大坂

[おおさか, oosaka] (n) Osaka #275

府

[ふ, fu] (n) (1) (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); (2) the centre or seat (of) (center); (3) (government) office #506

神戸

[こうべ, koube] (n) Kobe (port city near Osaka) #1019

関西

[かんさい(P);かんせい, kansai (P); kansei] (n) Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka); (P) #1798

阪神

[はんしん, hanshin] (n) (1) Osaka-Kobe; (2) Hanshin (company name #1807

近畿

[きんき, kinki] (n) Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara); (P) #3459

京阪(P);京坂

[けいはん, keihan] (n) Kyoto-Osaka; (P) #6020

上方

[じょうほう, jouhou] (n, adj-no) Kyoto and vicinity; Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region (esp. during Edo period); (P) #8094

淀川

[よどがわ, yodogawa] (n) river in Osaka Prefecture; (P) #10027

京阪神

[けいはんしん, keihanshin] (n) Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe #19035

浪花;浪速;浪華

[なにわ, naniwa] (n) Naniwa (former name for Osaka region) #19056

かり子

[かりこ, kariko] (n) (arch) maid in an Osaka brothel

めばち;めばちこ

[mebachi ; mebachiko] (n) (めばちこ is Osaka dialect) sty (on the eyelid); stye

サザナミトサカハギ;ホースフェイスユニコーンフィッシュ

[sazanamitosakahagi ; ho-sufeisuyuniko-nfisshu] (n) bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii, species of Indo-pan-Pacific tang)

スイカ

[suika] (n) (See パスモ) Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores)

トサカハギ

[tosakahagi] (n) humpnose unicornfish (Naso tuberosus, species of Indo-Pacific tang)

下坂

[しもさか, shimosaka] (n) downhill; decline; waning

下阪

[げはん, gehan] (n, vs) proceeding from Tokyo to Osaka

河内音頭

[かわちおんど, kawachiondo] (n) narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)

花を咲かせる

[はなをさかせる, hanawosakaseru] (exp, v1) (1) (See 話に花を咲かせる) to make lively; to become animated; to have fun talking about something; (2) to become successful and well known

関西地方

[かんさいちほう, kansaichihou] (n) Kansai region (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)

帰阪

[きはん, kihan] (n) returning to Osaka

京阪奈

[けいはんな, keihanna] (n) (uk) Kyoto-Osaka-Nara

近畿地方

[きんきちほう, kinkichihou] (n) Kinki region (inc. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)

鶏冠

[とさか;けいかん;トサカ, tosaka ; keikan ; tosaka] (n) (uk) cockscomb; crest

鶏冠に来る;とさかに来る

[とさかにくる, tosakanikuru] (exp, v5r) to get mad

鶏冠海苔

[とさかのり;トサカノリ, tosakanori ; tosakanori] (n) (uk) Meristotheca papulosa (species of edible red alga)

県社

[けんしゃ, kensha] (n) prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)

誤差拡散法

[ごさかくさんほう, gosakakusanhou] (n) { comp } random dither

口では大阪の城も建つ

[くちではおおさかのしろもたつ, kuchidehaoosakanoshiromotatsu] (exp) (id) easier said than done; if it's just talking you can even build Osaka Castle

国の栄え

[くにのさかえ, kuninosakae] (n) prosperity of a country

今を盛りと

[いまをさかりと, imawosakarito] (exp) in full bloom at the moment

在阪

[ざいはん, zaihan] (n, vs) being in Osaka

春場所

[はるばしょ, harubasho] (n) spring (March) sumo tournament, held in Osaka; (P)

旬の魚

[しゅんのさかな, shunnosakana] (n) fish in season

焼き立ての魚

[やきたてのさかな, yakitatenosakana] (n) fish hot from the oven

上方歌舞伎

[かみがたかぶき, kamigatakabuki] (n) (See 上方狂言) kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka

上方狂言

[かみがたきょうげん, kamigatakyougen] (n) (See 江戸狂言) kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka

水機関;水絡繰り;水絡繰(io)

[みずからくり, mizukarakuri] (n) puppet powered by (falling) water; water-powered contrivance; show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)

生死の境

[せいしのさかい, seishinosakai] (n) between life and death

大逆手

[おおさかて, oosakate] (n) backward-twisting overarm throw (sumo)

大坂夏の陣

[おおさかなつのじん, oosakanatsunojin] (exp, n) (See 大坂冬の陣) summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)

大坂冬の陣

[おおさかふゆのじん, oosakafuyunojin] (exp, n) (See 大坂夏の陣) winter campaign of the siege of Osaka (1614 CE)

大阪の食い倒れ

[おおさかのくいだおれ, oosakanokuidaore] (exp) (See 京の着倒れ, 食い倒れ) financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka)

大阪会議

[おおさかかいぎ, oosakakaigi] (n) Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)

大阪高裁

[おおさかこうさい, oosakakousai] (n) Osaka High Court

大阪市

[おおさかし, oosakashi] (n) Osaka city

大阪事件

[おおさかじけん, oosakajiken] (n) Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

大阪証券取引所

[おおさかしょうけんとりひきじょ, oosakashoukentorihikijo] (n) Osaka Securities Exchange

大阪場所

[おおさかばしょ, oosakabasho] (n) Osaka (March) sumo tournament

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