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  2. 川

かわ

川

N5

river

kawa

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JLPT
N5
Frequency
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Meanings

  1. 1
    river; streamnoun
  2. 2
    River; the ... riversuffix

JMdict 1390020

In a sentence

その川(かわ)はthat river広(ひろ)いwide

The river is wide

How it works

その (that) points to a specific river, and は (topic) raises 川(かわ) (river) as the topic — "as for that river…". The i-adjective 広い(ひろい) (wide) works as the whole predicate, so no copula is needed; in plain form it sounds matter-of-fact.

Written with

  • 川stream3 strokes

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