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JLPT N3 · Noun

河 (kawa)

河 (かわ, kawa) is a Japanese noun meaning “river; stream”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かわ
Romaji
kawa
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. river; stream · noun
  2. River; the ... river · suffix · suffix used with the names of rivers

Example sentences

この川はあの川の３倍長い。
This river is three times longer than that one.
Tatoeba #220818
信濃川と阿賀野川ではどちらが長いですか。
Which is longer, the Shinano River or the Agano River?
Tatoeba #145696

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 河

河
riverカ・かわ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 河.

運河うんが(navigable) canal河川かせんrivers

Source: JMdict entry 1390020 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.