淀む

よどむ

to stagnate

淀み

よどみ

stagnation, deposit, sediment, backwater

淀木瓜

よどぼけ

Choenomeles lagenaria, yodoboke flowering quince

早牛も淀、遅牛も淀

はやうしもよどおそうしもよど

there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; fast oxes (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), slow oxes also end up in Yodo

遅牛も淀、早牛も淀

おそうしもよどはやうしもよど

there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; slow oxes (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), fast oxes also end up in Yodo

言い淀む

いいよどむ

to hesitate to say

淀み無く

よどみなく

fluently, without hesitation, without faltering

淀み無い

よどみない

fluent, smooth, flowing

川

かわ がわ

river, stream

河川

かせん

rivers

川蛇

かわへび

Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)

川筋

かわすじ

course of a river, land along a river

香川

Kagawa (prefecture)

川底

かわぞこ かてい

riverbed

大川

おおかわ たいせん

big river

川霧

かわぎり

river mist

川獺

かわうそ うそ おそ だつ カワウソ

otter (Lutra lutra)

川瀬

かわせ

rapids, shallows of a river

川波

かわなみ

ripples on a river