Illustration: At the grassy edge of a quiet pond, two friends sit on a small picnic mat placed immediately beside the water. Reeds rise from the shallows next to their shoes, and ripples touch the stones within arm's reach.

ほとり

hotori

bank, shore, waterside

Used beside a body of water, not for a general neighborhood. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

我々われわれはその湖みずうみのほとりのホテルに泊とまった。
We stayed at a hotel by the lake.
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パリはセーヌ川がわのほとりにあり、美うつくしい都市としです。
Paris, which is on the Seine, is a beautiful city.
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湖みずうみのほとりの家いえは私わたしの家いえです。
The house by the lake is mine.
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