河か床しょう

noun

riverbed

Only with reading かしょう / かわどこ

Geographical term for the bottom of a river. Typically read かしょう in technical contexts; かわどこ is a less common reading.

• 河か床しょうの砂利じゃりを調ちょう査さする。

  Survey the gravel of the riverbed.

noun

riverside dining platform; kawadoko

Only with reading かわどこ / かわゆか / ゆか

A raised wooden platform built over a riverbank, used in summer for dining and enjoying the cool air. Associated with Kyoto's Kamogawa river. Read かわどこ or かわゆか; ゆか alone is rare.

• 夏なつになると鴨かも川がわの川かわ床どこで食しょく事じを楽たのしむ人ひとが多おおい。

  In summer, many people enjoy dining on the kawadoko along the Kamogawa River.