inlet · river

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 江 has 6 strokes and appears in words such as 入り江 for water extending into the land.
• Basic usage: 入り江 is read いりえ and means an inlet or cove.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Character gloss and word meaning
  • The Korean learning gloss is ‘river,’ but that does not make 入り江 a river.
• Destination and place of an activity
  • に in 入り江に入った marks the place entered.
  • で in 入り江で魚を見つけた marks where the fish were found.