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    3. 川上

    川上

    川かわ上かみ

    upper reaches of a river

    KMT6News #13+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab6 strokes

    かわかみ

    Noun

    1.
    upper reaches of a river, upstream

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    川かわ上かみには小ちいさな村むらがあります。

    There is a small village upstream.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation
    魚さかなは川かわ上かみに向むかって泳およいでいく。

    Fish swim upstream.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    川かわ上かみから流ながれてくる水みずはとても澄すんでいて冷つめたい。

    The water flowing from upstream is very clear and cold.

    KMT6Nature & Environment
    昔むかし、川かわ上かみには水すい車しゃ小ご屋やがたくさんあったそうだ。

    I heard that there used to be many watermills upstream in the past.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentHistory
    この川かわの川かわ上かみには、手てつかずの自し然ぜんが残のこされている。

    Untouched nature remains in the upper reaches of this river.

    KMT7Nature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    川
    かわ…(4)
    stream・river・river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
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