Japanese Meaning of 川 (かわ) kawa

Definition: 意味

river; stream

Learn Japanese vocabulary: 川【かわ】(kawa)

Meaning: river; stream.

Type: Noun, Suffix

川 - Example Sentences 例文

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Example #1

この川はとても広いです。

このかわはとてもひろいです。

kono kawa wa totemo hiroi desu.

This river is very wide.

Example #2

家の後ろに川があります。

いえのうしろにかわがあります。

ie no ushiro ni kawa ga arimasu.

There's a river behind my house.

Example #3

この川は私の村を流れている。

このかわはわたしのむらをながれている。

Kono kawa wa watashi no mura wo nagarete iru.

This river runs through my village.

Example #4

子どものころはよく川で遊んだものだ。

こどものころはよくかわであそんだものだ。

Kodomo no koro wa yoku kawa de asonda mono da.

I often played by the river in my childhood.

Example #5

その川は島の北部を流れている。

そのかわはしまのほくぶをながれている。

sono kawa wa shima no hokubu wo nagareteiru.

The river flows along the north of island.

Example #6

その川の水は海に流れ込みます。

そのかわのみずはうみにながれこみます。

sono kawa no mizu wa umi ni nagarekomimasu.

That river's water runs in to the sea.

Example #7

この川の流れは急だ。

このかわのながれはきゅうだ。

Kono kawa no nagare wa kyuu da.

The current of this river is rapid.

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JLPT N5 Vocabulary 川【かわ】 (kawa)

Definition: 意味