Definition of (ほとり)

noun
side (esp. of a waterbody), edge, bank, shore(usually kana)
Other readings:
ほとり《畔》
ほとり《辺り》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
Related Kanji
environs, boundary, border, vicinity
paddy ridge, levee
Example sentences(showing 9 results)

でいすい
泥酔
みずき
みずうみ
みず
なか
Last night Mizuki, very drunk, fell into the water while walking along the lakeside

We stayed at a hotel by the lake

An old castle stands near the river

We camped on the border of the lake

Paris, which is on the Seine, is a beautiful city

みずうみ
いえ
わた
私の
いえ
The house by the lake is mine

London is on the Thames

She pulled herself out of the water and waddled along the sand at the edge of the creek

Many Japanese irises were flowering prettily on the lake's edge