湖岸

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 湖岸 is a noun read こがん, meaning the lakeshore where the water of a lake meets the land.
• Basic usage: It can describe a road along the shore or the lakeside location where a cold evening wind blows.
  • 湖岸の道を自転車でゆっくり走った。 says that the speaker rode a bicycle slowly along the lakeshore road; 夕方になると湖岸に冷たい風が吹く。 says that a cold wind blows along the lakeshore in the evening.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 湖岸の道
  • の links the road to its location beside the lake.
• 湖岸に風が吹く
  • に marks the lakeshore as the area where the cold wind blows.
• 湖岸 and 海岸
  • 湖岸 is the shore of a lake, while 海岸 is the coast where the sea meets the land.