Illustration: From a hillside path above a Japanese valley, a parent and child look down at two rivers meeting below. One descends between wooded slopes; the other winds past rice fields and houses before joining the wider channel.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

河か川せん

kasen

rivers

Example sentences

日本にっぽんの多おおくの河川かせんは工場こうじょうの廃液はいえきで汚染おせんされている。
Many rivers in Japan are polluted by waste water from factories.
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河川かせんは豪雨ごううで氾濫はんらんしました。
The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
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空気中くうきちゅうの水分すいぶんの内うち90%は海洋かいよう、湖沼こしょう、河川かせんから蒸発じょうはつしたものだ。
Evaporation from oceans, lakes, and rivers creates 90% of the water in air.
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Kanji in 河川

河riverOnカKunかわ
川river; streamOnセンKunかわ

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