Meaning of 水没(すいぼつ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 水没

Kana Reading すいぼつ

Romaji suibotsu

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

submerge

Examples of 水没, すいぼつ in a sentence

満ち潮で水没する砂浜でキャンプを張るのは、実に愚かな行為です。

Pitching camp on sand banks that go under at high tide is a truly stupid thing to do.
町全体が水没した。

The entire town was under water.
さらにインド洋のモルジブ諸島の中には、完全に水没する島も出ることが予想される。

And in the Indian Ocean, some islands of the Maldives will disappear completely beneath the water.

Related Kanji

没 JLPT 1

7 strokes

drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die

On'Yomi: ボツ, モツ

Kun'Yomi: おぼ.れる, しず.む, ない

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水 JLPT 5

4 strokes

water

On'Yomi: スイ

Kun'Yomi: みず, みず-

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