Illustration: At the washing area of a Japanese campsite, a camper holds a transparent sealed pouch beneath a running tap. Water streams over its outer surface and beads around the closed seam, while the folded tissue and phone inside remain visibly dry.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

防ぼう水すい

bousui

waterproof

Example sentences

  1. この時計とけいは防水ぼうすいです。

    This watch is waterproof.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 若わかいキャンパーたちは新あたらしい防水ぼうすい上着うわぎを身みにつけていた。

    The young campers were kitted out with new waterproof jackets.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そのため、トレーシングペーパーと呼よばれる半透明はんとうめいの薄うすい紙かみを重かさねるか、防水ぼうすい加工かこうがされた専用せんようの懐紙かいしを用もちいる。

    In such a case, people prepare a pile of some pieces of thin paper called tracing paper or use special water-resistant kaishi.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 防水

  • 防prevent; protectOnボウKunふせぐ
  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-

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