長谷

/hatuse/ → /fatuse/ → /fase/ →/hase/

From the 枕 (まくら)詞 (ことば) (makura kotoba, “pillow word”) 長 (なが)谷 (たに)の泊 (はつ)瀬 (せ) (nagatani no Hatsuse, literally, "the long valley of Hatsuse"); the modern notation of 泊 (はつ)瀬 (せ) (Hatsuse) being 初 (はつ)瀬 (せ). Evolved into Hase by sound change. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

The modern location of Hatsuse is in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture.

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠se̞]

長谷 (hiragana はせ, rōmaji Hase)

1. A place name.
2. A surname​.

• 長 (は)谷 (せ)川 (がわ) (“Hasegawa”)

Other various nanori readings.

長谷 (hiragana おさたに, rōmaji Osatani, alternative reading おさや, rōmaji Osaya, alternative reading ちょうや, rōmaji Chōya, alternative reading はせざき, rōmaji Hasezaki, alternative reading はせや, rōmaji Haseya, alternative reading はや, rōmaji Haya)

1. A surname​.

長谷 (hiragana ながたに, rōmaji Nagatani, alternative reading ながや, rōmaji Nagaya)

1. A place name.
2. A surname​.

長谷 (hiragana ながやつ, rōmaji Nagayatsu)

1. A place name.