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水没

すいぼつ

N2submergence · flooding

Examples

大雨で川沿いの畑が一時水没した。

昔の道はダムの完成後に水没して湖底に沈んだ。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: Written 水没 and read すいぼつ, it is the state of land or an object becoming submerged under water.
  • Basic usage: It describes fields temporarily flooded by rain and an old road permanently lying under a reservoir.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Temporary flooding versus lasting submergence
    • Context shows whether the water later recedes or the site remains beneath a new body of water.

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