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Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

弁慶ナツボ

べんけいなつぼ Benkeinatsubo

A shore name at the foot of Shiriba-yama, carried as a formal sub-district name.

Ainu spellings: Perkei

Analyses

perke-i

ペㇾケイ

proposed

split place

Proponent: 諸説

The article reports the reading of ベンケイ as perke-i and of ナツボ as 魚坪 without naming who holds them, and states that neither is settled.

zenibako_trek2024 ベンケイナツボ
Analysis details
Confidence: low

perke is a dictionary word in the sense used and there is a cleft in the rock at the place. The source names no proponent and marks the reading as unsettled; the second element is unexplained.

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