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    3. 水際

    水際

    水みず際ぎわ

    water's edge

    KMT8News #25+1Ref L2NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab18 strokes

    水ぎわ

    みずぎわすいさい

    Noun

    1.
    water's edge, waterside, shore
    2.
    before coming ashore, before entering the country, (at the) border

    Stroke 0 / 18

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    彼かれは水みず際ぎわで魚さかなを釣つっていた。

    He was fishing at the water's edge.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    湖みずうみの水みず際ぎわを散さん歩ぽするのは気き持もちがいい。

    It feels good to walk along the lake's edge.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    夕ゆう日ひが水みず際ぎわを美うつくしく照てらしていた。

    The setting sun beautifully illuminated the water's edge.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    政せい府ふはウイルスの国こく内ない侵しん入にゅうを防ふせぐため、水みず際ぎわで厳げん重じゅうな検けん査さを行おこなった。

    The government conducted strict inspections at the border to prevent the virus from entering the country.

    KMT8Politics & LawMedicine & Health
    感かん染せん症しょうの水みず際ぎわ対たい策さくが強きょう化かされている。

    Border control measures against infectious diseases are being strengthened.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
    際
    きわ・-ぎわ…(2)
    occasion・side・edge・verge・dangerous…(4)
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