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土手 (どて): embankment, bank — Japanese vocabulary

土手 is read どて and means "embankment, bank". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

土手

Reading
どて · dote
Translation
embankment, bank
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
どてが

Example

花々が土手に咲いた。

はなばながどてにさいた。

Blossoms have come out on the embankment.

Kanji in this word

  • 土 — earth, soil
  • 手 — hand

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