Meaning

Primary

Rapids

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A waterfall river is a river that's moving like a waterfall! Fast and furious! Water that moves like this are rapids.

Reading

たきがわ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the kun'yomi vocab reading of each kanji: and . Careful of the rendaku.

Context

Context Sentences

祖母に、滝川を泳ぐのは危険だと言われました。

My grandma told me that it is very dangerous to swim in the rapids.

Kanji Composition