大坂 [ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˇ; da4 ban3]
old name for Ōsaka 大阪 (city in Japan), changed in the beginning of the Meiji 明治 Era because 坂 could, if the radicals were read separately, be interpreted as "(will) return to soil"
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大阪
大坂
おおさか
おおざか
おおさか
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Osaka
archaism
large hill
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