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90 word matches found for '川' using reading 'かわ'
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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
upper reaches of a river; upstream  (see also: 川下)
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mouth of river; estuary
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Most common form: 河原
noun
dry river bed; river beach
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along the river; riverside
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Most common form: 河岸
1. riverbank; riverside
2. fish market
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noun
Kawasaki (city)
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noun
riverbank
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Most common form: 川辺
riverside; edge of a river
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Most common form: かわしも
downstream  (see also: 川上)
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noun
big river  (see also: 大河)
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Most common form: カワウソ
noun
1. otter (Lutra lutra)  (often written with kana only)
2. Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
canal
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Most common form: かわながれ
noun
1. being carried away by a current
2. drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river
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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
old river
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noun
river fish; freshwater fish
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noun
mouth of a river; lower stream
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noun
rapids; shallows of a river
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Most common form: 河面
noun
river surface; surface of a river
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noun
river's course
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Most common form: 河底
noun
riverbed
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noun
breeze off a river
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to descend a river
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Most common form: カワムツ
noun
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: カワウ
noun
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
width of a river
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Most common form: 川っ縁
noun
riverside; riverbank
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noun
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: コツメカワウソ
noun
Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)  (often written with kana only)
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