river;  stream;  River;  the ... river
 Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
 Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
 kappa;  mythical water-dwelling creature;  excellent swimmer;  cucumber;  cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
 lowly people (Edo period);  eta
 river surface;  surface of a river
 riverbed;  raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
 along the river;  riverside
 hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
 Milky Way;  luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
 being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one);  know-it-all manner
 kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
 otter (Lutra lutra);  Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
 Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
 Mikawa manzai;  style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
 bamboo growing along a river bank;  Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides);  giant timber bamboo;  Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.)  prostitute; (arch.)  the life of a prostitute
 kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
 Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
 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
 freshwater minnow;  pale chub (Zacco platypus)
 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)