川

川	Meanings: river, stream On Readings: セン sen Kun Readings: かわ kawa Most Used Pronunciation: kawa JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 巛 Stroke Number: 3

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Common jukugo
天の川 - あま　の　がわ ama no gawa - Milky Way
小川 - お　がわ o gawa - stream, brook
石川県 - いし　かわ　けん ishi kawa ken - Ishikawa Prefecture (mid Japan)
香川県 - か　がわ　けん ka gawa ken - Kagawa Prefecture
枝川 - えだがわ edagawa - branch of a river

Useful Examples
Japanese: その村へ入るには川から入るしかなかった。
Romaji: sono mura e hairu ni wa kawa kara hairu shikanakatta.
English: The only access to the village is from the river.

Japanese: この川は泳いでも安全だ。
Romaji: kono kawa wa oyoi de mo anzen da.
English: This river is safe to swim in.

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Notes/Mnemonic
This is a picture of water flowing down a stream

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.