江: river

江 jiāng

noun
: river

Kun Reading

江 | え e

noun
: inlet; bay

江に | えに eni OR 縁 | えん en

noun
: fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
: relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
: family ties; affinity

江山 jiang1shan1: rivers and mountains; landscape; country [えやま eyama]

江湖 jiang1hu2: rivers and lakes; around the whole country; vagrant; itinerant (esp. entertainer, swindler, quack doctor etc)
[こうこ kouko: the public; the world
: Zen principles]

江河 jiang1he2: the Changjiang (Yangtze) and Huanghe (Yellow) Rivers, great rivers
[こうが kouga: Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river]

長江 [长江] chang2jiang1: Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
[長江 | choukou: Yangtze River; Changjiang River]

 
長江三峽 [长江三峡] chang2jiang1 san1xia2: Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡Qu1 tang2 Xia2, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 Wu1 Xia2 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 Xi1 ling2 Xia2
 
揚子江 [扬子江] yang2 zi3 jiang1: Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River; old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州
[揚子江 | ようすこう yousukou: Yangtze River]

江戶 | 江户 jiang1hu4: Edo (old name of Tokyo)
[江戸 | えど edo: Edo, old name of Tokyo]

江戸時代 | えどじだい edo jidai: Edo period (1603-1868 CE)
江戸語 | えどご edogo: Edo dialect
 
江戸城 | えどじょう edojo: Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

江米 jiang1mi3: polished glutinous rice

江米酒 jiang1 mi3 jiu3: glutinous rice wine; fermented glutinous rice

江豬[猪] jiang1zhu1: Chinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer
OR
江豚 jiang1tun2: river dolphin

江鮭 | あめのうお ame no uo: biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon

江南 jiang1nan2: south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
[チアンナン chiannan OR カンナム kannamu OR こうなん kounan: (place-name) Kounan; Gangnam (Seoul, South Korea); Jiangnan (China)]

Japanese common word | expression | idiom
江戸の敵を長崎で討つ | えどのかたきをながさきでうつ
edo no kataki o nagasaki de utsu
: to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
萬里江山 [万里江山] wan4 li3 jiang1 shan1
: lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains; a vast territory

文江學海 [文江学海] wen2 jiang1 xue2 hai3
: river of literacy, sea of learning; ars longa, vita brevis

沅江九肋 yuan2 jiang1 jiu3 lei4
: rare talent; lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river

春江水暖鴨先知 [春江水暖鸭先知] chun1 jiang1 shui3 nuan3 ya1 xian1 zhi1
: lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm; fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows

船到江心，補漏遲 [船到江心，补漏迟] chuan2 dao4 jiang1 xin1 , bu3 lou4 chi2
: It’s too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river

人在江湖，身不由己 ren2 zai4 jiang1 hu2 , shen1 bu4 you2 ji3
: you can’t always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world

江山易改，本性難移 [江山易改，本性难移] jiang1 shan1 yi4 gai3 , ben3 xing4 nan2 yi2
: it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one’s character; you can’t change who you are

泥菩薩過江，自身難保 [泥菩萨过江，自身难保] ni2 pu2 sa4 guo4 jiang1 , zi4 shen1 nan2 bao3
: like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can’t guarantee his own safety; unable to save oneself, let alone others