かわ
Meanings
Noun
1. river; stream
when read as "かわ"
Suffix
2. River; the ... river
suffix used with the names of rivers
Pitch accent
か
わ
Used in vocabulary (165 in total)
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
Ishikawa (prefecture)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
upper reaches of a river; upstream
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
Kawasaki (city)
lowly people (Edo period); eta
riverside; riverbank
crossing a river
ripples on a river
downstream
freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp
old river
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
big river
along the river; riverside
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
river surface; surface of a river
river surface; surface of a river
river surface; surface of a river
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
riverbank; riverside
river fish; freshwater fish
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings
going downstream (in a boat)
rapids; shallows of a river
width of a river
mountains and rivers
to cross a river
to descend a river
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
breeze off a river
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
course of a river; land along a river
river's course
Kadokawa Shoten (publisher)
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
riverside; riverbank
river sand
sandbank in a river
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
suspension of ferry service
riverside; riverbank
crossing a river
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
Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
river fisher
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature); river god
following a river
pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii); pickerel
across a river
Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
river in springtime
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
catch (fish) of the river; products of the river; fruits of the river
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
plover on the riverside; plovers near a river
river god
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
Korean mint (Agastache rugosa); purple giant hyssop
always contradicting what other people say
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
oceans of love
common merganser (Mergus merganser); goosander
river dolphin
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
Batrachospermum gelatinosum (species of red alga)
Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
burbot (Lota lota)
spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala); spined sleeper
amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai); Japanese summer orange; less sour variety of the natsumikan
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum)
river plain; riverbed
unloading cargo from a boat onto land; pumping water from a river onto land
Asahikawa Medical University
Asahikawa University
Yaskawa Electric Corporation
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Toden Arakawa Line
Kawasho Gecoss Corporation
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art
Kawasaki Steel Corporation (abbr)
Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa High School
Macao; Macau
Uda River (Khabarovsk Krai)
Yokokawa Station
Kura River
Tanana River
Hoshikawa Station
Kinabatangan River
Pechora River
Sado River
Ume River
Onega River
Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)
Rioni River
Onon River
Sura River
Zeya River
Abakan River
Omo River
Tana River (Kenya)
Kazanka River
Ongi River
Mara River
Jiu River
Kirenga River
Upa River
Pina River
Songacha River
Ruzizi River
Maya River
Napo River
Himekawa Station
Nata River
Biya River
Bikin River
Kurokawa Station (Nagoya)
Ene River
Saigon River
Nyuya River
Dawa River
Moei River
Kawahigashi Station
Kawanishi Station
Mano River
Mopan River
Komati River
Santa Ana River
Sochi River
Sokoto River
Nera River (Russia)
Kana River
Benito River
Yangon River
Pandaruan River
Sudoma River
Amekawa Dam
Mikawa Station (Hokkaido)
Shikawa Dam
Ukawa Station
Maekawa Station
Ayukawa Station
Examples (184 in total)
Let's go to the river.
He fell into the river.
We went to the river.