カワ
Meanings
Noun
1. かわ。高所から低所に向かって、水がある道筋を流れる地形。
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
① 川辺に生息するくちばしの長い鳥。
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
① 川の水の流れてくる方。上流。
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)
① 大きい川。大河。
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
① 川に立つ波。
river fish; freshwater fish
going downstream (in a boat)
① 川の水の流れていく方。下流。
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
① 松の樹皮。② 松皮疱瘡の略称。③ 松皮菱の略称。
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
① 川で泳いだり、魚をとったりして遊ぶこと。② 川に舟を浮かべ風情を楽しんだりして遊ぶこと。川舟の遊び。舟遊び。川逍遥。
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
① 川にいる千鳥。川辺に集まる千鳥。
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)
① タラ目カワメンタイ科カワメンタイ属に属する魚。
spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala); spined sleeper
① 夏蜜柑の変種。別名、甘夏、甘夏橙、甘夏蜜柑、甘夏柑。
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum)
oceans of love
common merganser
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
① 河川を支配する神。
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.