土手 (Dote) is a Japanese noun meaning “embankment, bank, beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin”.
Meanings
- nounembankment; bank
- nounbeef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
Examples
花々が土手に咲いた。
Blossoms have come out on the embankment.
川が土手を越えてあふれた。
The river flowed over its banks.
彼の家はその川の土手にある。
His house is on the bank of the river.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).