Where does “五反田” come from?

五反田 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 田, from Japanese 熊田 — Kumada (neighborhoods in Japan).

Ancestry of “五反田”, step by step

五反田 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 田

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese田rice paddy; cultivated field
2Japanese熊田Kumada (neighborhoods in Japan)

via Japanese 五

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese五five; a name of a hole of a wind instrument
2Middle Chineseご—

via Japanese 反

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese反anti
Every word from Japanese 熊田 →Every word from Japanese 田 →