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    3. 淡水

    淡水

    淡たん水すい

    fresh water (i.e. not salt water)

    N2KMT7News #16+1Noun, ParticleNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab15 strokes

    たんすい

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    fresh water (i.e. not salt water)

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    Speed1.0x

    この湖みずうみは淡たん水すいです。

    This lake is fresh water.

    KMT3Nature & Environment
    淡たん水すい魚ぎょは海うみでは生いきられません。

    Freshwater fish cannot live in the sea.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    多おおくの植しょく物ぶつは淡たん水すいでしか育そだちません。

    Many plants only grow in fresh water.

    KMT7Nature & Environment
    飲いん料りょう水すいとして利り用ようできる淡たん水すい資し源げんは限かぎられています。

    Freshwater resources available for drinking water are limited.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    地ち球きゅう上じょうの水みずの大だい部ぶ分ぶんは海かい水すいで、淡たん水すいはごくわずかしかありません。

    Most of the water on Earth is seawater; there is only a very small amount of fresh water.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    淡
    あわ.い…(1)
    thin・faint・pale・fleeting
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
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