Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 水入らず(みずいらず) in Japanese

水入らず, 水いらず
Kana Reading
みずいらず
Romaji
mizuirazu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    (being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
    Example sentence
    夫婦水入らず気楽いい It's so nice to be by ourselves.

Examples of 水入らず, 水いらず, みずいらず in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 5

4 strokes

water

On'Yomi: スイ

Kun'Yomi: みず, みず-

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JLPT 5

2 strokes

enter, insert

On'Yomi: ニュウ, ジュ

Kun'Yomi: い.る, -い.る, -い.り, い.れる, -い.れ, はい.る

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