宮沢

This is the 1268th most frequent Japanese word.

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宮沢

"Miyazawa" is a Japanese surname meaning "shrine river."


In this sentence, 宮沢 (Miyazawa) is used as a surname to refer to an individual, and さん (san) is an honorific used for politeness.

宮沢さんは昨日、新しい本を出版しました。

Mr. Miyazawa published a new book yesterday.


Here, 宮沢 (miyazawa) is understood contextually as describing an area related to a shrine, due to the association of 宮 meaning 'shrine' and 沢 meaning 'marsh' or 'valley'.

その神社の宮沢はとても美しいです。

The shrine's area is very beautiful.


In this statement, 宮沢賢治 refers to Kenji Miyazawa, a famous Japanese poet and author of children's literature, demonstrating its use as a full name.

歴史教科書には、宮沢賢治について詳しく書かれています。

The history textbook has a detailed section on Kenji Miyazawa.