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Breakdown of kawa
river
川
Usages of kawa
これ は 川 です。kore ha kawa desu.
This is a river.
川 に 牛 が います。kawa ni usi ga imasu.
There is a cow in the river.
川 に 入ります。kawa ni hairimasu.
I will enter the river.
川 の 方 に 歩きましょう。kawa no hou ni arukimasyou.
Let's walk in the direction of the river.
カヌー は 川 を 下った。kanuu ha kawa wo kudatta.
The canoe went down the river.
川 が 四本 あります。kawa ga yonhon arimasu.
There are four rivers.
その 川 は 美しい です。 しかし、 その 水 は きれい じゃ ありません。sono kawa ha utukusii desu. sikasi, sono mizu ha kirei zya arimasen.
That river is beautiful. However, its water is not clean.
死体 は 川 で 見つけました。sitai ha kawa de mitukemasita.
(I) found the corpse in the river.
橋 の 上 から 川 が 見える。hasi no ue kara kawa ga mieru.
You can see the river from the bridge.
川 で 泳いだこと が ある。kawa de oyoidakoto ga aru.
I have swum in a river before.
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