水分

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 水分 is read すいぶん and is a noun for moisture or the amount of water contained in something.
• Basic usage: Use 水分を取る for removing moisture in the cloth example and 野菜に含まれる水分を測る for measuring water content.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Context of 水分を取る
  • When a washed cloth is wrung out, 水分を取る means to remove moisture. In a context advising a person to hydrate, the same wording can mean to take in fluids, so the surrounding action determines the direction.
• 水 and 水分
  • 水 refers to water as a substance, while 水分 focuses on moisture or water content within something.
• に marking what contains the moisture
  • In 野菜に含まれる水分, に marks what contains the water. It does not mean that the vegetable is inside the moisture.