川
Meanings
Noun
1. river; stream
Suffix
2. River; the ... river (suffix used with the names of rivers)
Other spellings
河
Other readings
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
かわ
Used in vocabulary
川流れ
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up; breaking a promise
Noun
Examples432
信濃
Which is longer, the Shinano River or the Agano River?
この
This river is three times longer than that one.
その
The river has become much cleaner than before.
その
The river was not so clean.
この
The water in this river is very clean.
日本
No other river in Japan is as long as the Shinano.