Word Meaning 川下り

かわくだり kawakudari

川下り is read as かわくだり (kawakudari) and means going downstream (in a boat).

Meaning

English

  1. going downstream (in a boat)

Reading

Kana

かわくだり

Romaji

kawakudari

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 112000 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

川下

かわしも

downstream

川を下る

かわをくだる

to descend a river

川べり

かわべり

riverbank

川明かり

かわあかり

glow of a river in the darkness

川釣り

かわづり

river fishing

かわ

River

川上

かわかみ

upper reaches of a river

川むつ

かわむつ

dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)

川きゅう

せんきゅう

cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)

川っぷち

かわっぷち

riverside

上り下り

のぼりくだり

going up and down

下り

くだり

downbound (esp. away from Tokyo)

Example Sentences

1

I got soaked boating downriver.