noun:

• middle of a body of water (e.g. a lake, a river)

noun / suffix noun:

• edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road) - sometimes べり as a suffix
• rim; brim; hem; margin; fringe; selvage
• fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

noun:

• dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow

noun:

• Brachycome (genus of asters, esp. the swan river daisy, Brachycome iberidifolia); Brachyscome

noun:

• Pseudorinelepis genibarbis (species of armored catfish from the Amazon River)

noun:

• pool (in river)

noun:

• freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

noun:

• riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River) - obscure term ➜ 長江

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); voluminously flowing
• (speak) eloquently; fluently; spout forth (a torrent of speech)
• flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

noun:

• on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) - esp. ほとり
• (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby

suffix noun:

• around (Sunday, last year, etc...) ［あたり］
• for instance ［あたり］

noun / ~する noun:

• sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)

noun:

• (being separated only by a) narrow strip of water; narrow strait (channel, river) - four character idiom

noun:

• ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.)
• foundation (building, etc.); base
• constituency; power base; support (electoral); footing; foothold

noun / ~する noun:

• distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell (e.g. river full of water)
• to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with; to pervade (e.g. atmosphere with emotion)

adjectival noun / noun:

• upper part

noun:

• upper stream; upper course of a river ［かみて］
• right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) ［かみて］

adjectival noun / noun:

• skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) ［うわて］

noun:

• over-arm grip on opponent's belt ［うわて］ - Sumo term

noun:

• being carried away by a current
• drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river
• cancellation; standing up; breaking a promise

noun:

• small boat used for transport on rivers (Edo period); barge; boat used for unloading goods from a large anchored boat ➜ 瀬取り船
• boat with a roof used for boating on a river
• small boat selling food and drinks on a river - archaism

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pierce; to penetrate
• to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through
• to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)

noun:

• riverbed ［かしょう・かわどこ］
• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer ［かわどこ・かわゆか・ゆか］

noun:

• otter (Lutra lutra)
• Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

noun:

• wrapping something in a bamboo mat
• wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)

noun:

• kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature) ➜ 河童
• river god ［河伯］