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30 word matches found for '河' using reading 'かわ'
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Most common form: 古川
noun
old river
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noun
freshwater minnow; pale chub (Zacco platypus)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
oceans of love
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expression
1. being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one)  (yojijukugo)
2. know-it-all manner
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noun
style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture  (see also: 万歳)
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noun
white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 川風
noun
breeze off a river
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Most common form: カワウ
noun
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 川明かり
noun
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
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Most common form: 川鼠
noun
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)  (often written with kana only)
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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
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. riverbed  (this meaning is restricted to reading かしょう, かわどこ)
2. raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer  (this meaning is restricted to reading かわどこ, かわゆか, ゆか)
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noun
river god  (see also: 河伯)
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noun
fountainhead
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noun
narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)
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noun
hooking backward counter throw  (sumo term)
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noun
bush pig
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noun
brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)  (often written with kana only)
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1. riverbank; riverside
2. fish market
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Most common form: 川端
noun
riverbank
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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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Most common form: 川沿い
along the river; riverside
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noun
river surface; surface of a river
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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
kawachi-bankan pomelo  (see also: 晩柑)
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noun
discarded tiles; discards  (mahjong term; originally from Chinese)
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noun
riverboat; rivercraft
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noun
1. bamboo growing along a river bank
2. Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
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