Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 浸水(しんすい) in Japanese

浸水
Kana Reading
しんすい
Romaji
shinsui
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    inundation; submersion; flood
    Example sentence
    そのボートは浸水し始めてまもなく沈んだ。 The boat began to take in water and soon sank.

Examples of 浸水, しんすい in a sentence

Kanji in this word

浸 JLPT 1

10 strokes

immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: ひた.す, ひた.る

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水 JLPT 5

4 strokes

water

On'Yomi: スイ

Kun'Yomi: みず, みず-

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