Kanji 辻 Words: Meanings and Readings

辻風

つじかぜ

whirlwind

辻

つじ

street

辻褄

つじつま

coherence

辻堂

つじどう

wayside shrine

辻説法

つじせっぽう

street preaching

つじつまが合う

つじつまがあう

to be consistent

つじつまが合わない

つじつまがあわない

incoherent

つじつまの合わない

つじつまのあわない

incoherent

つじつまを合わせる

つじつまをあわせる

to make one's story to seem coherent

四辻

よつじ

crossroads

辻々

つじつじ

every street corner

辻駕籠

つじかご

street palanquin

辻強盗

つじごうとう

highwayman

辻君

つじぎみ

streetwalker

辻芸

つじげい

street performance (in the Edo period)

辻講釈

つじごうしゃく

stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

辻札

つじふだ

sign on a post (esp. containing information about a sight, warnings, congratulations, etc.)

辻自動車

つじじどうしゃ

taxicab

辻社

つじやしろ

small shrine built at a crossroads

辻取

つじとり

taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road

辻切り

つじぎり

attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill)

辻占

つじうら

slip of paper with a fortune-telling message

辻相撲

つじずもう

amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn)

辻待

つじまち

vehicle waiting to be hired

辻店

つじみせ

street stall

辻馬車

つじばしゃ

(horse-drawn) cab

辻噺

つじばなし

stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

辻番

つじばん

town-watches from the Edo period

辻風呂

つじぶろ

bathtub placed on the roadside and rented to customers

辻便所

つじべんじょ

public lavatory

辻踊

つじおどり

dancing on a street corner