Omoigawa - Omoigawa

Japanese: 思川 - おもいがわ

[1] [noun] A word that likens deep and ceaseless feelings to a river. ※Gosen (c. 951-953), Koiichi, Go15 “Omoi-gawa, the river of thoughts, flows ceaselessly, like a bubble of water, will I never meet anyone and disappear?〈Ise〉” [2][one] Another name for Somegawa, upstream of Mikasa-gawa, which flows near Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Omoi-gawa. Aisomegawa. ※Haiku-butsushu ( 1678 ) “I can’t read these words, Hakozaki no ura, the wind of disease blows, Omoi-gawa, which sends me.〈Kako〉” [two] A tributary of the Watarase River that flows through southern Tochigi Prefecture. It joins the Kurokawa, Ogura-gawa, and Sugata-gawa rivers and flows through the Watarase River flood control basin before joining the main stream. [three] A tributary of the Sumida River. A small stream between Hashiba in Taito Ward and Minamisenju in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo. Komarai River. *Kaikoku Zakki (1487) "I wrote this poem when I reached the river. My thoughts flowing along the road of my floating journey are like tears on my sleeves, and the water is in my heart. Thus, when we reached the banks of the Sumida River, everyone recited poems and shared them with others."

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙思いが深く、また、絶える間もないことを、川にたとえた語。※後撰（951‐953頃）恋一・五一五「おもひ河絶えず流るる水の泡のうたかた人に逢はで消えめや〈伊勢〉」[2][一] 福岡県太宰府市、太宰府天満宮の近くを流れる御笠川の上流、染川の異称。思染川。逢初(あいぞめ)川。※俳諧・物種集（1678）「よめぬ文字かく箱崎の浦厄病の風吹おくる思ひ川〈賀子〉」[二] 栃木県南部を流れる渡良瀬(わたらせ)川の支流。黒川、小倉川、姿川を合わせ、渡良瀬川遊水池を経て本流に合流する。[三] 隅田川の一支流。東京都台東区橋場と荒川区南千住の間の小川。駒洗川。※廻国雑記（1487）「おもひ川に至りてよめる。うき旅の道にながるる思ひがはなみだのそでや水のみなかみ。かくて隅田川のほとりに至りて、皆々歌よみて披講などして」

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