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    3. 下水

    下水

    下げ水すい

    drainage

    N2KMT7News #17+1CoreNounHome & HousingKanji Vocab7 strokes

    げすい

    Noun

    1.
    drainage, ditch, gutter, sewerage
    2.
    sewage, black water

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    下げ水すいの匂においがする。

    I smell sewage.

    KMT5Home & HousingDaily Life
    都と市しの地ち下かには複ふく雑ざつな下げ水すい管かんが張はり巡めぐらされている。

    A complex network of sewage pipes is laid out beneath the city.

    KMT7Home & HousingTechnology
    古ふるいアパートは下げ水すいの設せつ備びが不ふ十じゅう分ぶんな場ば合あいがある。

    Old apartments sometimes have inadequate sewage facilities.

    KMT7Home & HousingDaily Life
    下げ水すいに含ふくまれる微び生せい物ぶつを分ぶん析せきすることで、地ち域いきの健けん康こう状じょう態たいを把は握あくできる。

    By analyzing microorganisms contained in sewage, the health status of a region can be understood.

    KMT7Science & MathMedicine & Health
    集しゅう中ちゅう豪ごう雨うにより、下げ水すい処しょ理り能のう力りょくが限げん界かいに達たっし、一いち部ぶ地ち域いきで浸しん水すいが発おこ生っした。

    Due to torrential rain, the sewage treatment capacity reached its limit, and flooding occurred in some areas.

    KMT8Home & HousingNature & EnvironmentPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
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