Vocabulary
河童
かっぱ
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature
noun
freq #33
Example sentences
私(わたし)は学校(がっこう)で日本文学(にほんぶんがく)の英語訳(えいごやく)、特(とく)に漱(そう)石(いし)の『吾輩は猫(わがはいはねこ)である』や『心(こころ)』、芥(ごもく)川(かわ)の『鼻(はな)』や『河童(かっぱ)』を楽(たの)しく読(よ)んだ。
At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.
河童の川流(かっぱのかわなが)れ。
The best swimmers are oftenest drowned.