浸水

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 浸水, read しんすい, combines inundation 浸 with water 水 to denote flooding by incoming water.
• Basic usage: It describes water entering and flooding a building or area, as in 地下室が浸水する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Direction and roles
  • Its direction differs from 浸出, where a component comes out; 浸水部分 is the area reached by floodwater.