Practice JLPTMeaning
河 (かわ, kawa) is a JLPT N3 vocabulary word meaning “river,stream”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
小さな 川を 渡りました。
I crossed a small stream.
河合君、早く来ないかなあ。
I wish Kawai would come soon.
河野さん、 課長がお呼びですよ。
Mr. Kono, the Section Chief wants to see you (literally: is calling you).
河豚は怖くて、なかなか食べられないんだ。
I am scared of blowfish (pufferfish) and cannot eat it easily.
私は 河村さんは来られないという風に聞いている。
I have been informed that Mr. Kawamura cannot come. (literally: I have been informed in such a way that I understand that Mr. Kawamura cannot come.)
火星表面の「運河」と呼ばれる溝は、何らかの液体によって作られたと考えられていた。
The grooves on Mars' surface that are referred to as "canals" were (originally) presumed to have been caused by some liquid.
今日は、大気や河川の汚染並びに酸性雨が環境に及ぼす影響についてお話しいたします。
Today I am going to talk about the contamination of our air and rivers as well as acid rain's effect on them.
銀河。
It is also called a Galaxy.
これが 河？
Is this a river?
その 川は 広い。
The river is wide.
この 川は 美しい。
This river is beautiful.
その 川は 危険だ。
The river is dangerous.