Kanji河
Readingかわ
Frequency28%
Used in (49 in total)
river; stream; River; the ... river
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
mouth of river; estuary
lowly people (Edo period); eta
riverbank; riverside
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
river surface; surface of a river
along the river; riverside
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
width of a river
breeze off a river
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
riverboat; rivercraft
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings
Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
Mikawa dialect (spoken in the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture, former Mikawa Province)
kawachi-bankan pomelo
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)
hooking backward counter throw; one-leg entanglement (judo)
discarded tiles; discards
oceans of love
pale chub (Zacco platypus); freshwater minnow
freshwater black snail (Semisulcospira bensoni); marsh snail
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)