Illustration: A broad grassy embankment runs beside a neighborhood river, its raised crest carrying a narrow walking path. The river lies below one sloping side, while vegetable plots and modest houses sit beyond the opposite slope. A child and grandfather walk along the top with a small dog.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

土ど手て

dote

riverbank, embankment

Example sentences

花々が土手に咲いた。
Blossoms have come out on the embankment.
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川かわが土手どてを越こえてあふれた。
The river flowed over its banks.
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彼かれの家いえはその川かわの土手どてにある。
His house is on the bank of the river.
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Kanji in 土手

土soil; earthOnド・トKunつち
手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-

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