川かわ
Meanings
Noun
1. river; stream
when read as "かわ"
When I looked closely, I saw a river flowing below.
Suffix
2. River; the ... river
suffix used with the names of rivers
Kanji used
river
Pitch accent
か
わ
Top 1500
Used in vocabulary (170 in total)
Ishikawa (prefecture)
Kawasaki (city)
along the river; riverside
upper reaches of a river; upstream
river surface; surface of a river
river surface; surface of a river
river surface; surface of a river
river fish; freshwater fish
ripples on a river
lowly people (Edo period); eta
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
going downstream (in a boat)
rapids; shallows of a river
width of a river
mountains and rivers
to descend a river
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
to cross a river
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
breeze off a river
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
course of a river; land along a river
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
river's course
Kadokawa Shoten (publisher)
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
riverside; riverbank
freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings
sandbank in a river
suspension of ferry service
riverside; riverbank
crossing a river
crossing a river
following 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
river surface; surface of a river
freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp
across a river
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
river in springtime
Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
Toden Arakawa Line
catch (fish) of the river; products of the river; fruits of the river
riverside; riverbank
going downstream (in a boat)
freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp
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
plover on the riverside; plovers near a river
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
always contradicting what other people say
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
always contradicting what other people say
river surface; surface of a river
riverbank; riverside
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)
river in springtime
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
Yaskawa Electric Corporation
Kawasho Gecoss Corporation
river plain; riverbed
Kawasaki Steel Corporation (abbr)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
unloading cargo from a boat onto land; pumping water from a river onto land
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum)
common merganser (Mergus merganser); goosander
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
Korean mint (Agastache rugosa); purple giant hyssop
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii); pickerel
pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii); pickerel
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala); spined sleeper
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
burbot (Lota lota)
Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
Batrachospermum gelatinosum (species of red alga)
amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai); Japanese summer orange; less sour variety of the natsumikan
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
Macao; Macau
Kura River
Tanana River
Hoshikawa Station
Uda River (Khabarovsk Krai)
Mikawa Station (Hokkaido)
Kurokawa Station (Nagoya)
Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)
Pechora River
Sado River
Ume River
Onega River
Rioni River
Sura River
Zeya River
Omo River
Tana River (Kenya)
Kazanka River
Mara River
Jiu River
Kirenga River
Upa River
Pina River
Ruzizi River
Maya River
Napo River
Nata River
Biya River
Bikin River
Ene River
Nyuya River
Dawa River
Mano River
Mopan River
Komati River
Santa Ana River
Sochi River
Sokoto River
Nera River (Russia)
Kana River
Benito River
Sudoma River
Kawahigashi Station
Kawanishi Station
Examples (200 in total)
Let's go to the river.
That river is long.
He fell into the river.