カワ
Meanings
Suffix
1. River; the ... river
suffix used with the names of rivers
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
upper reaches of a river; upstream
Kawasaki (city)
Ishikawa (prefecture)
riverside; edge of a river
old river
pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii); pickerel
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
mountains and rivers
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)
big river
sandbank in a river
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
lowly people (Edo period); eta
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
Korean mint (Agastache rugosa); purple giant hyssop
rapids; shallows of a river
along the river; riverside
river surface; surface of a river
river surface; surface of a river
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
ripples on a river
river fish; freshwater fish
going downstream (in a boat)
downstream
width of a river
breeze off a river
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
course of a river; land along a river
river's course
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
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
riverside; riverbank
suspension of ferry service
crawfish
crossing a river
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature); river god
river fisher
following a river
across a river
Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
river in springtime
catch (fish) of the river; products of the river; fruits of the river
plover on the riverside; plovers near a river
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
river plain; riverbed
river dolphin
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
Batrachospermum gelatinosum (species of red alga)
Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus)
golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
burbot (Lota lota)
spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala); spined sleeper
amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai); sweet form of Chinese citron
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum)
oceans of love
common merganser
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
river god
Macao; Macau
Examples (186 in total)
Mr Hayakawa was respected by him.
Dr. Yukawa played an important part in the scientific study.
We held a farewell party in honor of Dr. Kawamura.