► 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:
- 川の上流 ⇨ The upstream of a river
- ここはアメリカで川を隔てた向こう側はメキシコだ ⇨ We’re in the US and the other side of this river is Mexico
- 大雨で川が氾濫した ⇨ The river flooded due to a heavy rainstorm
- 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
- 河川敷の野球場 ⇨ A baseball field on a river floodplain
- 川の水嵩が上がった (みずかさ) ⇨ The water level of the river has risen
- 家の裏っ側・裏側に小川が流れている (うらっかわ・うらがわ) ⇨ There is a creek running behind the house
- 神奈川県 ⇨ Kanagawa prefecture
- 山火事は川を隔てた森にまで飛び火した ⇨ The wildfire spread to the forest across the river
- 流れの速い川 ⇨ A river with fast current
- この川は流れが速いから危ない ⇨ This river is dangerous since the current is fast
- 子供の頃あの川によく釣りに行ったもんです ⇨ I would go fishing on that river all the time when I was a kid
- 彼は川の水を手ですくった ⇨ He scooped up river water with his hands
- この川は流れが急だから危険だ ⇨ This river current is very fast and dangerous
- 大雨で川の水かさが増した ⇨ The water level of the river increased due to heavy rain