How do you read 渡し?

渡し is read わたし (watashi), with heiban pitch accent (flat).

What JLPT level is 渡し?

It is not on the standard JLPT lists.

How is 渡し used in a sentence?

プレゼントを花嫁に渡しました。 — I handed the present to the bride.

How do you write 渡し in romaji?

渡し is written watashi in romaji.

渡わたし

わたし · watashi

noun

Ferry (crossing), ferry(boat)

delivery

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Heiban

flat · what is pitch accent?

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Example sentences

プレゼントを花嫁に渡しました。

ぷれぜんとをはなよめにわたしました。

I handed the present to the bride.

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プレゼントを渡します。

ぷれぜんとをわたします。

I will hand over the present.

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大家さんに、鍵を渡してもらった。

おおやさんに、かぎをわたしてもらった。

I had the landlord hand me the keys.

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引き出物を、皆さんにお渡しください。

ひきでものお、みなさんにおわたしください。

Please hand the favors to everyone.

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Kanji in this word

渡Transit, Ford, Ferry 音と訓わた.る・-わた.る JLPT N3 · 12 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

渡すわたすto hand (something) over (v.t.); to get across 渡るわたるto cross over, to go across 見渡すみわたすto look out over, to survey (scene), to take an extensive vi 渡り鳥わたりどりmigratory bird, bird of passage 橋渡しはしわたしbridge building’, mediation

Questions

What does 渡し mean?

Ferry (crossing), ferry(boat). It can also mean: delivery.

How do you pronounce 渡し?

わたし (watashi). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.

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