► 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:
- 流れの速い川 ⇨ A river with fast current
- 彼は十二代目市川團十郎を襲名した ⇨ He assumed the name Ichikawa Danjuro the twelfth
- 鮭は生まれた川に戻って産卵する ⇨ Salmons go back to the river they were born and spawn
- 橋の下を川が流れている ⇨ There’s a river flowing underneath the bridge
- 汚水が川に流入した ⇨ Contaminated water flew into the 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
- 大雨で川の水かさが増した ⇨ The water level of the river increased due to heavy rain
- 川に新しい橋が架けられた ⇨ A new bridge has been built 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
- ダムは川の水をせき止めている ⇨ Dams block and hold river waters
- 大雨で川が氾濫した ⇨ The river flooded due to a heavy rainstorm
- 川は見る見るうちに溢れた ⇨ The river overflew right before our eyes, very quickly
- 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
- 川の上流 ⇨ The upstream of a river
- 川が干上がった ⇨ The river dried up