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淡水
たんすい
N2
particle
Meanings
1
fresh water
2
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
Example sentence
塩水の方が淡水よりも浮力が大きい。
Salt water is more buoyant than fresh water.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 淡水 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
淡
Thin, Faint, Pale
11 strokes
水
Water
4 strokes
More words with
淡
冷淡
れいたん ·
coolness
N1
淡白
たんぱく ·
light (flavor, color, etc.)
淡々
たんたん ·
uninterested
濃淡
のうたん ·
light and shade
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水
水準
すいじゅん ·
level
N3
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水
みず ·
water (cold)
N5
水道
すいどう ·
water service
N4
水面
すいめん ·
water's surface
N2
水泳
すいえい ·
swimming
N4
水産
すいさん ·
marine products
N2
水田
すいでん ·
(water-filled) paddy field
N1
洪水
こうずい ·
flood
N1
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