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noun
1.
riverbed(only relevant for かしょう and かわどこ)
2.
raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer(only relevant for かわどこ and かわゆか and ゆか)
Other readings:
河床【かわどこ】
川床【かわどこ】
川床【かわゆか】
川床【ゆか】

noun
fluvial erosion
Other readings:
河蝕【かしょく】

kashiwokaeru
expression, Ichidan verb
to try a new venue for eating, drinking, night amusement, etc.

noun
guardian deity of rivers, river god

かっかわなが
kappanokawanagare
expression
anyone can make a mistake, even Homer sometimes nods(proverb)

かっぱかんげいこ
kappanokangeiko
expression, noun
something that looks difficult but actually isn't, swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa(idiom )

noun
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
Other readings:
河童巻き【かっぱまき】

noun
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわうま《河馬》
カバ

noun
1.
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
See also:河童
2.
river god(only relevant for 河伯)
Other readings:
河郎【かはく】
河郎【かわろう】

noun
glow of a river in the darkness, surface of a river gleaming in the darkness, gleam on a river at dusk
Other readings:
川明り【かわあかり】
河明かり【かわあかり】
河明り【かわあかり】

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
brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワガラス

noun
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワゴンドウ

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
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
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

noun
narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)

noun
1.
hooking backward counter throw(sumo term)
2.
one-leg entanglement (judo)

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
river god
Other readings:
河伯【かわのかみ】

noun
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワヒガイ

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

noun
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワマス

noun
actors, players, riverbank beggars(derogatory)(from unlicensed actors in Edo-period Kyoto acting on the riverbanks near Shijō Bridge)

noun
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)(usually kana)
See also:撫子
Other readings:
カワラナデシコ

noun
Artemisia apiacea (species of artemisia)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワラニンジン

noun
rock pigeon (Columba livia), rock dove(usually kana)
Other readings:
カワラバト

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

noun
1.
beggar, derelict
2.
player, actor, actress, theatre people(derogatory)
See also:河原乞食

noun
capillary artemisia (Artemisia capillaris), yin-chen wormwood(usually kana)
Other readings:
かわらよもぎ《河原艾》
カワラヨモギ

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
puffer fish, blow fish, fugu, globefish, swellfish(usually kana)
Other readings:
ふぐ《鰒》
ふぐ《鮐》
ふぐ《魨》
ふぐ《鯸》
ふぐ《鯺》
ふく《河豚》[1]
ふくべ《河豚》[1]
かとん《河豚》
フグ
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
pufferfish poisoning
Other readings:
河豚中毒【ふぐちゅうどく】

noun
fugu poison
Other readings:
河豚毒【ふぐどく】

expression
honey is sweet, but the bee stings, I want to eat fugu, (but) I value my life(proverb)
See also:フグ
Other readings:
ふぐは食いたし命は惜しし【ふぐはくいたしいのちはおしし】
河豚は食いたし命は惜しし【ふぐはくいたしいのちはおしし】

noun
discarded tiles, discards(mahjong term)
Other readings:
【かわ】

noun
win on the last discard of a round(mahjong term)
Other readings:
河底撈魚【ホウテイラオユイ】