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水源

すいげん

noun

Meanings

1source of river
2fountainhead

Example sentence

川の始まるところが、水源である。

The place where a river starts is its source.

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Kanji in this word

水Water4 strokes 源Source, Origin13 strokes

More words with 水

降水こうすい · rainfallN1 大水おおみず · floodN1 水田すいでん · (water-filled) paddy fieldN1 潜水せんすい · divingN1 水蒸気すいじょうき ·

Full entry on Jisho

water vapor

N2

水産すいさん · marine productsN2

水素すいそ · hydrogenN2

洪水こうずい · floodN1

More words with 源

財源ざいげん · source of fundsN1 資源しげん · resourcesN3 起源きげん · originN3 語源ごげん · word rootN1 電源でんげん · source of electricityN1 源流げんりゅう · source (e.g. of a river)源泉げんせん · source (of a spring, etc.)根源こんげん · root

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