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1 exact word match found in search '川'
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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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88 words found beginning with '川'
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noun
upper reaches of a river; upstream  (see also: 川下)
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mouth of river; estuary
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along the river; riverside
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noun
Kawasaki (city)
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noun
senryu; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-syllable poem
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noun
riverbank
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Most common form: かわしも
downstream  (see also: 川上)
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Most common form: 革多
noun
lowly people (Edo period); eta  (see also: 穢多; often written with kana only; derogatory)
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noun
river fish; freshwater fish
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noun
mouth of a river; lower stream
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194 words found containing '川' in any position
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noun
streamlet; brook
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noun
rivers
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Most common form: 河太郎
noun
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)  (see also: 河童)
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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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noun
mountain stream
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noun
upper reaches of a river; upstream  (see also: 川下)
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noun
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
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noun
flood plain; river terrace; area between river and river bank
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noun
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy  (astronomy, etc. term)
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mouth of river; estuary
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