川向こう

かわむこう

Meanings

1. Noun the other side of a river
2. the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live

Kanji

• 川 river. Read as かわ.
• 向 toward. Read as むこう.

Example sentences

• 私を川向うへ連れて行ってください。
  Please take me across the river.
• トムの家は僕んちの川向うにあって、直線距離だと１００メートルもないんだけど、実際に行こうと思ったら、橋までが１キロぐらいあるから歩いて２０分もかかっちゃうんだ。
  If you draw a line directly, Tom's house within 100 meters just across the river. But when you actually try and go, it's about a 1 kilometre distance to the bridge, so it takes 20 minutes by foot to get there.

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