泉水

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 泉水 is read as せんすい and is a noun with two senses: spring water and a pond in a garden.
• Basic usage: Distinguish the water in 山の泉水をすくう from the place in 庭の泉水に鯉が泳ぐ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Water and a place containing water
  • The first sense is water scooped up for washing; the second is the garden pond in which carp swim.
• を and には
  • を makes the water the object being scooped, while には presents the pond as the location containing the carp.