川かわ向むこう

noun

the other side of a river; across the river

Refers to the area on the opposite bank of a river. Often used in a literal geographical sense.

• 川かわ向むこうに小ちいさな神じん社じゃが見みえる。

  You can see a small shrine on the other side of the river.

• 川かわ向むこうの集しゅう落らくまで橋はしを渡わたって行いく。

  I cross the bridge to the settlement across the river.

noun

the other side of the tracks; poorer area across the river

Figurative use implying a socially or economically disadvantaged neighborhood, often separated by a river. This sense is sensitive.

• 彼かれは川かわ向むこうの貧まずしい地ち区くで育そだった。

  He grew up in a poor neighborhood on the other side of the river.

• 川かわ向むこうの学がっ校こうにはなかなか予よ算さんが回まわらない。

  Schools on the other side of the tracks rarely get enough funding.