river; stream; River; the ... river
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
lowly people (Edo period); eta
river surface; surface of a river
along the river; riverside
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)
hooking backward counter throw; one-leg entanglement (judo)
discarded tiles; discards
freshwater minnow; pale chub (Zacco platypus)
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)