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noun
river dolphin(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわいるか《川海豚》
カワイルカ

noun
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわう《河鵜》
カワウ

noun
1.
otter (Lutra lutra)(usually kana)
2.
Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわうそ《獺》
かわうそ《河獺》
うそ《獺》
おそ《獺》
だつ《獺》
カワウソ

noun
pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii), pickerel(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわかます《川かます》
カワカマス

noun
stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわげら《襀翅》
かわげら《𧐐》
カワゲラ

noun
variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)

noun
type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

noun
Kawasaki disease, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, MCLS

noun
Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワシンジュガイ

noun
course of a river, land along a river

noun
Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワスズメ

noun
Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river, offering to suffering spirits at the river(yojijukugo)

noun
1.
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
2.
jade (gem)(only relevant for ひすい)
See also:硬玉,  軟玉,  ジェイド,  翡翠色
3.
beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers(only relevant for ひすい)
Other readings:
翡翠【かわせみ】
翡翠【ひすい】
翡翠【しょうびん】
魚狗【かわせみ】
カワセミ

noun
lowly people (Edo period), eta(usually kana, derogatory)
See also:穢多
Other readings:
かわた《皮多》
かわた《川田》
かわた《革多》
かわた《革田》
かわた《河田》

noun
1.
bamboo growing along a river bank
2.
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides), giant timber bamboo, madake
3.
Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
4.
prostitute, the life of a prostitute(archaism)
Other readings:
河竹【かわたけ】

noun
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum)
Other readings:
カワタデ

noun
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
See also:河童
Other readings:
河太郎【がわたろう】
河太郎【がたろう】
河太郎【があたろ】[1]
河太郎【がたろ】[1]
川太郎【かわたろう】
川太郎【がわたろう】
川太郎【がたろう】
川太郎【があたろ】[1]
川太郎【がたろ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
plover on the riverside, plovers near a river

noun
riverside, riverbank
Other readings:
川っ縁【かわっぷち】

noun, auxillary suru verb
river fishing
Other readings:
川釣【かわづり】

noun, auxillary suru verb
suspension of ferry service

noun
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわとんぼ《河蜻蛉》
カワトンボ

noun
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわねずみ《河鼠》
カワネズミ

noun
amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai), sweet form of Chinese citron(usually kana)
See also:甘夏
Other readings:
カワノナツダイダイ

noun
golden venus chub (Hemigrammocypris rasborella)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワバタモロコ

noun
golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワヒバリガイ

noun
festival marking the start of boating season

noun
riverbank, riverside
Other readings:
川縁【かわべり】
川べり【かわべり】

noun
riverboat, rivercraft
Other readings:
川船【かわぶね】
河船【かわぶね】
河船【かせん】

noun
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)(obscure)
See also:田鰻

noun
1.
the other side of a river
2.
the other side of the tracks, place where lower class people live(sensitive)

noun
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)

noun
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわむつ《川鯥》[1]
カワムツ
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
burbot (Lota lota)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワメンタイ

noun
Batrachospermum gelatinosum (species of red alga)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワモズク

noun
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわやつめ《川八つ目》
カワヤツメ

noun
1.
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)
See also:猫柳
2.
Salix gilgiana (species of willow)(usually kana)(only relevant for 川柳)
3.
high-quality coarse tea(only relevant for 川柳)
Other readings:
川楊【かわやなぎ】
楊柳【かわやなぎ】
カワヤナギ

noun
buckskin (horse color)
Other readings:
瓦毛【かわらげ】

noun
Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわらひわ《川原鶸》
カワラヒワ

noun
our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum), yellow bedstraw(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワラマツバ

expression, Godan-ru verb
to descend a river

noun
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
こうほね《川骨》
かわほね《河骨》
かわほね《川骨》
コウホネ

noun
cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)(usually kana)
Other readings:
せんきゅう《川芎》
センキュウ