river; stream; River; the ... river
dry riverbed; river beach
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
(navigable) canal; waterway
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
Taiga drama; annual year-long historical drama TV series produced by NHK
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
lowly people (Edo period); eta
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
galactic empire (in science fiction)
along the river; riverside
river surface; surface of a river
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
small and medium-sized rivers
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); hippo
class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government
to try a different venue (for drinking, socializing, etc.); to go somewhere else
kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
something easy to do; cinch
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
labourer or entertainer of the lowest social rank (in medieval Japan); (arch.) kabuki actor (Edo period); (arch.) theatre people
10^52 (or 10^56); innumerable
guardian deity of rivers; river god
roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
river breaking through (its dikes)
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings
to try a different venue (for drinking, socializing, etc.); to go somewhere else
Yellow River civilization; Huang civilization; cradle of Chinese civilization
the land outlasts the king; (lit.) a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
something easy to do; cinch; (lit.) a kappa's fart
starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature); river god
form of bondage torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling with their hands and legs bound behind them and a rock placed on their back (Edo period)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori; cucumber makizushi
Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
actors; players; (lit.) riverbank beggars
to try a different venue (for drinking, socializing, etc.); to go somewhere else
the land outlasts the king; (lit.) a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
bobbed hairstyle; short bob
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
rock dove (Columba livia); rock pigeon
waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; when the sky falls, we shall catch larks
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
Mikawa dialect (spoken in the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture, former Mikawa Province)
Kawaguchiko Museum of Art
Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes); Japanese puffer; tiger puffer
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)
pale chub (Zacco platypus); freshwater minnow
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)
galactic cosmic rays; GCR
Hebei University of Technology
kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
the land outlasts the king; (lit.) a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
clearing of the river water
a fish out of water; (lit.) a kappa up on land
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori; cucumber makizushi
hooking backward counter throw; one-leg entanglement (judo)
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
the land outlasts the king; (lit.) a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
freshwater black snail (Semisulcospira bensoni); marsh snail
bluespotted boxfish (Ostracion immaculatus); boxfish (any fish of family Ostraciidae); trunkfish
Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
Takifugu snyderi (species of pufferfish)
Takifugu snyderi (species of pufferfish)
Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
actors; players; (lit.) riverbank beggars
bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus); bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
purple puffer (Takifugu porphyreus)
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles)
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
discarded tiles; discards
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta)
honey is sweet, but the bee stings; (lit.) I want to eat fugu, (but) I value my life
white-spotted pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus)
port at the mouth of a river
crescentic lake; oxbow lake; billabong
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
starry toado (pufferfish)
glacial striae; glacial striations; glacial grooves
catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
red-eyed puffer (Takifugu chrysops)
natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)
starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
glacial lake outburst flood
something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
win on the last discard of a round
everything is preordained
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
intermittent river; intermittent stream
perennial river; perennial stream; permanent river
active galactic nucleus; AGN
Local Group (of galaxies)
Local Group (of galaxies)
center of a river; middle of a river; midstream
Hebei University of Science & Technology; HEBUST
brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
European greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
capillary artemisia (Artemisia capillaris); yin-chen wormwood
capillary artemisia (Artemisia capillaris); yin-chen wormwood
Artemisia apiacea (species of artemisia)
pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
basketfish (Kentrocapros aculeatus)
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)
map puffer (Arothron mappa)
yellowfin puffer (Takifugu xanthopterus)
green spotted puffer (Tetraodon nigroviridis)
pear puffer (Takifugu vermicularis)
baiji (Lipotes vexillifer); Chinese river dolphin; Yangtze dolphin
finepatterned puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus)
panther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)
Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis); oblong sunfish
Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica); susu
honey locust (Gleditsia japonica)
spotfin burrfish (Chilomycterus reticulatus); pacific burrfish