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かわ
川
は
じょじょ
徐々
に
ぞうすい
増水
した。
The river rose by degrees.
Conjugations and inflections
  徐々に is the inflected form of adverb 徐々   ALL INFLECTIONS
  増水した is the past form of 'suru' verb 増水   ALL INFLECTIONS
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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じ ょ じ ょ 1
1. gradually; steadily; quietly; slowly; little by little
2. soon
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ぞ う す い 0
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water  (see also: 減水)
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Kanji
川
セン   かわ river   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丨
stick   
徐
ジョ    gradually   
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余
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あます to leave over   あまる to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
于
ウ    from   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
亅
hook
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
彳
step
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
増
ゾウ   ます to increase/grow   ふえる to increase/multiply   ふやす to increase/augment   
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曽
ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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丷
eight
田
デン   た rice field   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
水
スイ   みず water   
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