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"roman": "kawagishi",
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"口",
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"川",
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"崎",
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"川",
"かわ"
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"瀬",
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"端",
"ばた"
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"english": "riverside",
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"川",
"かわ"
],
[
"獺",
"うそ"
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],
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"roman": "kawayome",
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"川",
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"嫁",
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"english": "riparian plain, flats alongside a river",
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"川",
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"原",
"ら"
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"roman": "senryū",
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"川",
"せん"
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"柳",
"りゅう"
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],
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},
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"english": "brook",
"roman": "ogawa",
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"小",
"お"
],
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"川",
"がわ"
]
],
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},
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"english": "rivers",
"roman": "kasen",
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"河",
"か"
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"川",
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"roman": "sansen",
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"山",
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"川",
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"川",
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"堀",
"ほり"
],
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"川",
"かわ"
]
],
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},
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"roman": "Yodogawa",
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"よど"
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"川",
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"roman": "kawakudari",
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"下",
"くだ"
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"roman": "kawazoi",
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"川",
"かわ"
],
[
"沿",
"ぞ"
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"roman": "Don-gawa",
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"roman": "Ama no gawa",
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"あま"
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"江",
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"戸",
"ど"
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"がわ"
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"がわ"
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