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expression
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the events of today are destined by the past, even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life, even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate(proverb)
expression
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everything is preordained(proverb)
noun
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class A river, specified waterways of special importance protected by the government
noun
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basketfish (Kentrocapros aculeatus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イトマキフグ
noun
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spiral galaxy(astronomy term)
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渦巻き銀河【うずまきぎんが】
noun
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freshwater minnow, pale chub (Zacco platypus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
オイカワ
noun
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おかっぱ《お河童》
、オカッパ
noun
1.
riverbank, riverside
See also:川岸 (かわぎし)
2.
market on the riverbank (esp. fish market)
3.
place (for activities), venue
noun
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kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)(usually kana)
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かじかがえる《金襖子》
、カジカガエル
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】
expression, Ichidan verb
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to try a new venue for eating, drinking, night amusement, etc.
expression
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anyone can make a mistake, even Homer sometimes nods(proverb)
expression, noun
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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
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cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
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河童巻き【かっぱまき】
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
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Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カラス
Notes:
- gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
noun
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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
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great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)(usually kana)
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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
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Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)(usually kana)
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カワゴンドウ
noun
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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)
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河竹【かわたけ】
noun
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kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
See also:河童
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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:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
noun
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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
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broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)(usually kana)
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かわとんぼ《河蜻蛉》
、カワトンボ
noun
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Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)(usually kana)
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かわねずみ《河鼠》
、カワネズミ
noun
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Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)(usually kana)
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カワヒガイ
noun
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actors, players, riverbank beggars(derogatory)(from unlicensed actors in Edo-period Kyoto acting on the riverbanks near Shijō Bridge)
noun
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カワラナデシコ
noun
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Artemisia apiacea (species of artemisia)(usually kana)
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カワラニンジン
noun
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rock pigeon (Columba livia), rock dove(usually kana)
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カワラバト
noun
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Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)(usually kana)
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かわらひわ《川原鶸》
、カワラヒワ
noun
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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
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noun
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noun
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bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), bigeye jack, great trevally, six-banded trevally, dusky jack(usually kana)
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ぎんがめあじ《銀亀鯵》
、ぎんがめあじ《銀河目鯵》
、ギンガメアジ
noun
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slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis), oblong sunfish(usually kana)
Other readings:
クサビフグ
expression
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destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain, the land outlasts the king(proverb)
Other readings:
国破れて山河在り【くにやぶれてさんがあり】
noun
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catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
See also:遡河魚
numeric
1.
10^52 (or 10^56)
noun
2.
innumerable
Other readings:
恒河沙【こうがしゃ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
noun
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Yellow River civilization, Huang civilization, cradle of Chinese civilization
noun
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perennial river, perennial stream, permanent river(obscure)
noun
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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
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pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
コビトカバ