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水 kanji
water
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
スイ
Kun readings
みずみず-
Words with 水
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —有機水銀organic mercury
- —羊水穿刺amniocentesis
- —背水の陣fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
- —水力電気hydroelectricity
- —落花流水mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned
- —親水空間space or area for water-lovers
- —千山万水many mountains and rivers; a great distance to travel
- —雲水行脚itinerant monk being on pilgrimages to many lands
- —鏡花水月flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
- —高山流水high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature; beautifully (skillfully) played music
- —山容水態scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor
- —光熱水費light, heating and water utility costs
- —水遁の術ninja art of water-escape
- —水産養殖aquaculture
- —水泳競技water sports (esp. swimming and diving); swimming competition
- —脱水反応dehydration reaction
- —一水和物mono-hydrate
- —噴水効果fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)
- —水晶の夜Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938); Night of Broken Glass
- —教育水準educational standards