江

こう え

inlet, bay

江湖

こうこ ごうこ

Zen disciples

江村

こうそん えむら

village along a (large) river

堀江

ほりえ

canal

松江

Matsue (city in Shimane)

江河

こうが

Yangtze and Yellow rivers, large river

江山

こうざん

rivers and mountains, landscape

江上

こうじょう

(on the) bank of a large river

江戸

えど

old name of Tokyo

近江

Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

珠江

しゅこう

Pearl River (China); Canton River; Zhu Jiang; Chu Chiang

江鮭

あめのうお アメノウオ

biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus), biwa salmon

遠江

Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

江都

こうと

Edo

江頭

こうとう

riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)

長

ちょう なが おさ

head, chief, leader, elder

江戸の敵を長崎で討つ

えどのかたきをながさきでうつ

to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

長長しい

ながながしい

long, drawn-out, tedious

江戸間

えどま

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm)