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    3. 堀川

    堀川

    堀ほり川かわ

    canal

    KMT8News #23+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ほりかわ

    Noun

    1.
    canal

    Stroke 0 / 14

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    堀ほり川かわのそばを散さん歩ぽしました。

    I took a walk by the canal.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    この街まちには、昔むかしながらの堀ほり川かわが残のこっています。

    This town still has old-fashioned canals.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentCulture & Traditions
    堀ほり川かわには鯉こいや鴨かもが生せい息そくしており、自し然ぜん豊ゆたかな場ば所しょです。

    Carp and ducks inhabit the canal, making it a place rich in nature.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    夕ゆう暮ぐれ時どき、堀ほり川かわの水すい面めんに映うつる街がい灯とうが美うつくしい。

    At dusk, the streetlights reflected on the canal's surface are beautiful.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    堀ほり川かわは、かつて物ぶっ資し輸ゆ送そうの重じゅう要ような水すい路ろとして利り用ようされていました。

    Canals were once used as important waterways for transporting goods.

    KMT9HistoryNature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation

    Kanji that make up this word

    堀
    ほり…(2)
    ditch・moat・canal
    川
    かわ…(4)
    stream・river・river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
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