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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 川 |
かわ |
(n) river |
442 |
| 河川 |
かせん |
(n) rivers |
1480 |
| 小川 |
おがわ |
(n) streamlet; brook |
2557 |
| 川口 |
かわぐち |
(n) mouth of a river |
3026 |
| 川上 |
かわかみ |
(n) upper reaches of a river |
3474 |
| 古川 |
ふるかわ |
(n) old river |
4418 |
| 山川 |
さんせん |
(n) mountains and rivers |
5187 |
| 山川 |
やまかわ |
(n) mountains and rivers |
5187 |
| 山川 |
やまがわ |
(n) mountain rivers |
5187 |
| 江戸川 |
えどがわ |
Edo River |
5409 |
| 淀川 |
よどがわ |
river in Osaka Prefecture |
5639 |
| 谷川 |
たにがわ |
(n) valley river |
6087 |
| 多摩川 |
たまがわ |
river running between Tokyo-to and Kanagawa Prefecture |
6157 |
| 滝川 |
たきがわ |
(n) rapids |
6394 |
| 尻 |
しり |
(n) buttocks; bottom |
6780 |
| 堀川 |
ほりかわ |
(n) canal |
7742 |
| 川辺 |
かわべ |
(n) riverside; edge of a river |
8000 |
| 塩尻 |
しおじり |
(n) cone-shaped |
8292 |
| 川端 |
かわばた |
(n) riverbank |
8404 |
| 川原 |
かわはら |
(n) dry river bed; river beach |
9153 |
| 川原 |
かわら |
(n) dry river bed; river beach |
9153 |
| 尻尾 |
しっぽ |
(n) (uk) tail (animal) |
10845 |
| 富士川 |
ふじかわ |
river in Shizuoka Prefecture |
11933 |
| 川尻 |
かわじり |
(n) mouth of a river; lower stream |
12177 |
| 川柳 |
かわやなぎ |
(n) purple willow |
12566 |
| 川柳 |
せんりゅう |
(n) comic haiku |
12566 |
| 川瀬 |
かわせ |
(n) rapids; shallows of a river |
14231 |
| 河川敷 |
かせんしき |
(n) (dry) riverbed |
14379 |
| 河川敷 |
かせんじき |
(n) (dry) riverbed |
14379 |
| 四川 |
しせん |
Szechwan |
14938 |
| 天の川 |
あまのかわ |
(n) Milky Way |
17176 |
| 天の川 |
あまのがわ |
(n) Milky Way |
17176 |
| 川下 |
かわしも |
(n) downstream |
17389 |
| 川岸 |
かわぎし |
(n) river bank |
17564 |
| アマゾン川 |
アマゾンがわ |
(n) Amazon River |
19310 |
| 川路 |
かわじ |
river's course |
20588 |
| 川底 |
かわぞこ |
(n) riverbed |
23134 |
| 川幅 |
かわはば |
(n) width of a river |
24699 |
| 川面 |
かわづら |
(n) river surface |
26240 |
| 川面 |
かわも |
(n) river surface |
26240 |
| 尻目 |
しりめ |
(n) looking down upon or askance at |
27521 |
| 川筋 |
かわすじ |
(n) course of a river; land along a river |
28567 |
| 三途の川 |
さんずのかわ |
(n) the River Styx |
30688 |
| 尻餅 |
しりもち |
(n) falling on one's backside (behind, bottom) |
30969 |
| 川床 |
かわどこ |
(n) riverbed |
31088 |
| 川流れ |
かわながれ |
(n) being carried away by a current |
35139 |
| 尻軽 |
しりがる |
(adj-na,n) agility; fickleness; frivolous; of loose morals |
36884 |
| 川船 |
かわぶね |
(n) riverboat; rivercraft |
37130 |
| 尻拭い |
しりぬぐい |
(n) cleaning up or covering for another; bearing the consequences of someone elses error |
38001 |
| 帳尻 |
ちょうじり |
(n) closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts |
38001 |
| 尻上がり |
しりあがり |
(n) rising (intonation, market) |
38280 |
| 川遊び |
かわあそび |
(n) boating or swimming in a river |
38280 |
| 目尻 |
めじり |
(n) corner of the eye |
38588 |
| 川開き |
かわびらき |
(n) festival marking the start of boating season |
38888 |
| 言葉尻 |
ことばじり |
(n) word ending; slip of the tongue |
40263 |
| 尻込み |
しりごみ |
(n,vs) recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back |
40263 |
| 尻切れ |
しりきれ |
(n) object cut off at the end |
40263 |
| 川越し |
かわごし |
(n) crossing a river |
41444 |
| 尻取り |
しりとり |
(n) Japanese word-chain game; cap verses |
43447 |
| 川止め |
かわどめ |
(n) suspension of ferry service |
43447 |
| 川獺 |
かわうそ |
(n) (uk) otter |
44061 |
| 溝川 |
どぶがわ |
(n) ditch with running water |
44709 |
| 川縁 |
かわぶち |
(n) riverside |
44709 |
| 台尻 |
だいじり |
(n) butt of a gun |
45436 |
| 安倍川餅 |
あべかわもち |
(n) (uk) rice cakes (mochi) with Kinako |
47205 |
| 尻馬 |
しりうま |
(n) (1) buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed; (2) person of whom advantage is being taken |
47205 |
| 尻抜け |
しりぬけ |
(n) forgetfulness; leaving things unfinished |
48294 |
| 川蝉 |
かわせみ |
(n) kingfisher |
48294 |
| 天龍川 |
てんりゅうかわ |
river in Shizuoka Prefecture |
48294 |
| 出っ尻 |
でっちり |
(n) protruding buttocks; big butt |
49657 |
| 尻押し |
しりおし |
(n) pushing from behind; backing; supporting; instigation; instigator |
49657 |
| 尻当て |
しりあて |
(n) lining of pants seat |
49657 |
| お尻 |
おしり |
arse; bottom; buttocks |
51560 |
| どん尻 |
どんじり |
(n) tail end; tailender |
51560 |
| ライン川 |
ラインがわ |
(river) Rhine |
51560 |
| 為替尻 |
かわせじり |
(n) balance of exchange |
51560 |
| 河川工学 |
かせんこうがく |
(n) river engineering |
51560 |
| 河川工事 |
かせんこうじ |
riparian works |
51560 |
| 河童の川流れ |
かっぱのかわながれ |
(n) Even Homer sometimes nods |
51560 |
| 河童も川流れ |
かっぱもかわながれ |
(exp) anyone can make a mistake |
51560 |
| 芥川龍之介 |
あくたがわりゅうのすけ |
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (auth) |
51560 |
| 勘定尻 |
かんじょうじり |
balance of an account |
51560 |
| 喧嘩の尻 |
けんかのしり |
aftermath of a quarrel (failure) |
51560 |
| 言葉尻を捉える |
ことばじりをとらえる |
(exp) to cavil at a person's words |
51560 |
| 江川る |
えがわる |
(v5r) to (try to) act like a big-shot |
51560 |
| 香川県 |
かがわけん |
prefecture on the island of Shikoku |
51560 |
| 今川焼 |
いまがわやき |
(n) Japanese muffin containing bean jam, served hot |
51560 |
| 尻がる |
しりがる |
(adj-na,n) agility; fickleness; frivolous; of loose morals |
51560 |
| 尻の軽い女 |
しりのかるいおんな |
wanton girl |
51560 |
| 尻下がり |
しりさがり |
(n) falling intonation; be down |
51560 |
| 尻軽な女 |
しりがるなおんな |
wanton girl |
51560 |
| 尻軽女 |
しりがるおんな |
promiscuous woman |
51560 |
| 尻座 |
こうざ |
(arch) crouching |
51560 |
| 尻窄まり |
しりすぼまり |
(adj-na,n) attenuation; fizzling out |
51560 |
| 尻窄み |
しりつぼみ |
(n) weak ending; tapering |
51560 |
| 尻取 |
しりとり |
(n) Japanese word-chain game; cap verses |
51560 |
| 尻重 |
しりおも |
(adj-na,n) slow |
51560 |
| 尻切れ蜻蛉 |
しりきれとんぼ |
(n) leaving unfinished; unfinished ending |
51560 |
| 尻馬に乗る |
しりうまにのる |
(exp) to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly |
51560 |
| 尻癖 |
しりくせ |
(n) incontinence; promiscuity |
51560 |
| 尻目に懸ける |
しりめにかける |
(1) look askance (contemptuously); (2) cast an amorous glance at |
51560 |
| 尻餠 |
しりもち |
(n) falling on one's backside (behind, bottom) |
51560 |
| 神奈川県 |
かながわけん |
prefecture next to Tokyo |
51560 |
| 石川県 |
いしかわけん |
prefecture in the Hokuriku area |
51560 |
| 川から水を引く |
かわからみずをひく |
(exp) to draw water off a river |
51560 |
| 川に架かる橋 |
かわにかかるはし |
bridge spanning a river |
51560 |
| 川の面 |
かわのおも |
river surface |
51560 |
| 川を越える |
かわをこえる |
(exp) to cross a river |
51560 |
| 川を下る |
かわをくだる |
(exp) to descend a river |
51560 |
| 川越え |
かわごえ |
crossing a river |
51560 |
| 川沿い |
かわぞい |
(n) along the river |
51560 |
| 川下り |
かわくだり |
(n) going downstream (in a boat) |
51560 |
| 川蝦 |
かわえび |
crawfish |
51560 |
| 川魚 |
かわうお |
(n) river fish; freshwater fish |
51560 |
| 川魚 |
かわざかな |
(n) river fish; freshwater fish |
51560 |
| 川魚料理 |
かわうおりょうり |
freshwater fish cuisine |
51560 |
| 川向かい |
かわむかい |
(n) across a river |
51560 |
| 川向こう |
かわむこう |
(n) to be on the other side of a river |
51560 |
| 川秋沙 |
かわあいさ |
common merganser |
51560 |
| 川伝い |
かわづたい |
(n) following a river |
51560 |
| 川風 |
かわかぜ |
(n) breeze off a river |
51560 |
| 川霧 |
かわぎり |
(n) river mist |
51560 |
| 川明り |
かわあかり |
(n) glow of river in darkness |
51560 |
| 長尻 |
ながじり |
(n) long stay; overstaying one's welcome |
51560 |
| 天上川 |
てんじょうがわ |
river raised above the surrounding land |
51560 |
| 頭隠して尻隠さず |
あたまかくしてしりかくさず |
(exp) don't cover your head and leave your bottom exposed; you have to be careful not to expose your weak point while attempting to protect yourself |
51560 |
| 徳川家 |
とくがわけ |
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas |
51560 |
| 徳川公 |
とくがわこう |
Prince Tokugawa |
51560 |
| 徳川公爵邸 |
とくがわこうしゃくてい |
mansion of Prince Tokugawa |
51560 |
| 徳川三代家光 |
とくがわさんだいいえみつ |
Iemitsu (third in the Tokugawa line) |
51560 |
| 徳川勢 |
とくがわぜい |
Tokugawa forces |
51560 |
| 徳川方 |
とくがわがた |
Tokugawa's side |
51560 |
| 鍋尻 |
なべじり |
(n) bottom of a pan or pot |
51560 |
| 縄尻 |
なわじり |
(n) end of a rope |
51560 |
| 白川夜船 |
しらかわよふね |
(n) sound asleep |
51560 |
| 眉尻 |
まゆじり |
(n) end of an eyebrow |
51560 |
| 木曾川 |
きそがわ |
river in Gifu Prefecture |
51560 |
| 柳川鍋 |
やながわなべ |
(n) soup prepared with dojou |
51560 |
| 屁をひって尻窄め |
へをひってしりつぼめ |
(exp) there's no point squeezing your buttocks after you have farted; no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted |
51560 |