小川 (おがわ, ogawa) Japanese meaning: stream | KotomoraA stream runs behind the house.
The children played in the brook.
Usage patterns
〈場所〉に小川が流れるa brook flows through a place
A small brook flows through the village.
小川を渡るto cross a brook
We crossed a brook that had no bridge.
小川のほとりに〈動詞〉to do something by the bank of a brook
I sat down by the brook and rested.
小川のせせらぎthe babbling/murmur of a brook
You can hear the babbling of the brook.