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かわ
川
は
まち
町
の3キロ
かりゅう
下流
で
ぶんき
分岐
する
。
The river branches three kilometers below the town.
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Words
か わ 2
Most common form: かわ
noun
1. river; stream  (this meaning is restricted to reading かわ)
suffix
2. the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)  (usually read がわ)
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ま ち 2
noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
2. street; road
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さ ん 0
Most common form: 三
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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か り ゅ う 0
noun
1. downstream; lower reaches of a river
2. lower classes
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ぶ ん き 1
1. divergence (e.g. in a road); ramification
2. forking; jump; multi-drop  (computer terminology)
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Kanji
川
セン   かわ river   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丨
stick   
町
チョウ   まち town   
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丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
田
デン   た rice field   
下
カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだる to descend   くだす to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
流
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush    
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氵
スイ   みず water   
㐬
private lidded river
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
岐
キ   ギ    to branch off, fork   
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支
シ   ささえる to support   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
又
また again   
山
サン   やま mountain   
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