溺水

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 溺水, read できすい, and it combines 溺, meaning drown or be submerged, with 水, meaning water.
• Basic usage: 溺水 means drowning or a submersion injury in which being under or in water impairs breathing.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Instruction aimed at prevention and rescue immediately after an incident
  • Both examples use the form 溺水. A course teaches precautions against drowning accidents, while a rescue team carries an affected person ashore and immediately begins first aid.
• Preventive guidance in a course and first aid begun ashore
  • 講習で溺水事故を防ぐための注意点を学びました。 — In the course, we learned precautions for preventing drowning accidents.
  • 救助隊は溺水した人を岸へ運び、すぐに応急処置を始めました。 — The rescue team carried the drowning person ashore and immediately began first aid.