► 名詞
川 [(2)かわ] meaning: river rank: 1
☆ アマゾン川 (あまぞんがわ) ⇨ The Amazon River (☛ Can be written also as 河, especially a larger river)
More examples:
- 川に新しい橋が架かった ⇨ A new bridge has been built spanning over the river
- 童心に返って川で水遊びをした ⇨ We played in the river like we were kids again
- この川は流れが速いから危ない ⇨ This river is dangerous since the current is fast
- ユーフラテス川流域に発展した文名 ⇨ The civilization developed around the Euphrates river
- 大雨で川の水かさが増した ⇨ The water level of the river increased due to heavy rain
- 橋の下を川が流れている ⇨ There’s a river flowing underneath the bridge
- 川の水嵩が上がった (みずかさ) ⇨ The water level of the river has risen
- この川は深いから気をつけろ ⇨ This river is deep so be careful
- 大雨で川が氾濫した ⇨ The river flooded due to a heavy rainstorm
- この川は流れが急だから危険だ ⇨ This river current is very fast and dangerous
- 江戸幕府将軍徳川家康 ⇨ The Edo regime shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 多摩川は東京と横浜の間を流れる ⇨ The Tama river flows between Tokyo and Yokohama
- ダムは川の水をせき止めている ⇨ Dams block and hold river waters
- 川の上流 ⇨ The upstream of a river
- 警察は証拠を探して川の底をさらった ⇨ The police dredged the river bottom looking for evidence