清流(せいりゅう)

Usage

Often appears in tourism and environmental contexts. Some rivers in Japan are officially designated as 清流(せいりゅう). The 四万十川(しまんとがわ) in Kochi Prefecture is famously known as 日本(にほん)最後(さいご)の清流(せいりゅう) (Japan's last clear stream).

Common collocations

• 清流(せいりゅう)で釣(つ)りをする: to fish in a clear stream
• 清流(せいりゅう)が流(なが)れる: a clear stream flows
• 日本一(にほんいち)の清流(せいりゅう): Japan's clearest stream
• 清流(せいりゅう)に棲(す)む魚(さかな): fish living in clear streams