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    3. 流砂

    流砂

    流りゅう砂さ

    quicksand

    KMT10News #46+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab19 strokes

    流沙

    りゅうさりゅうしゃ

    Noun

    1.
    quicksand

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    流りゅう砂さは危き険けんです。

    Quicksand is dangerous.

    KMT3Nature & Environment
    砂さ漠ばくには流りゅう砂さの危き険けんがある場ば所しょが多おおい。

    There are many places in the desert where there is a danger of quicksand.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    彼かれは流りゅう砂さに足あしを取とられた。

    He got his foot caught in quicksand.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    彼かれの人じん生せいはまるで流りゅう砂さのように、進すすむほどに深ふかく沈しずんでいった。

    His life was like quicksand; the further he went, the deeper he sank.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    流りゅう砂さは、水みずを含ふくんだ砂すなが液えき状じょう化かしてできる自し然ぜん現げん象しょうだ。

    Quicksand is a natural phenomenon where water-saturated sand liquefies.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    流
    なが.れる・なが.れ・なが.す・-なが.す…(5)
    current・a sink・flow・forfeit
    砂
    すな…(4)
    sand
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