N2667/1725

淡たん水すい

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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たんすい

Meanings

fresh water (i.e. not salt water)

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Example sentences

この湖みずうみには淡水たんすい魚ぎょがたくさん生息せいそくしている。

Many freshwater fish live in this lake.

淡水たんすいと海水かいすいでは生いき物ものの種類しゅるいが大おおきく異ことなる。

The types of creatures differ greatly between fresh water and salt water.

地球ちきゅう上じょうの淡水たんすいの量りょうは限かぎられているため、節水せっすいが重要じゅうようだ。

Because the amount of fresh water on Earth is limited, water conservation is important.

この地域ちいきでは淡水たんすいが不足ふそくしており、住民じゅうみんは困こまっている。

Fresh water is scarce in this region, and the residents are struggling.

研究者けんきゅうしゃたちは淡水たんすい資源しげんの保全ほぜんに向むけた新あらたな技術ぎじゅつを開発かいはつしている。

Researchers are developing new technologies aimed at the conservation of freshwater resources.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)