Illustration: At a rocky Japanese shoreline, a child crouches beside a shallow inlet and scoops water directly from an incoming wave into a clear bucket. The bucket is tilted so its contents and the continuous sea beyond are both easy to see.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

海かい水すい

kaisui

seawater

Example sentences

  1. 海水かいすいには塩しおが含ふくまれています。

    Seawater contains salt.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれらは海水かいすいから塩しおを取とる計画けいかくを立たてた。

    They laid down a scheme for extracting salt from seawater.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 簡単かんたんな実験じっけんで誰だれでも海水かいすいから塩しおを取とり出だすことが出来できます。

    Anyone can produce salt from seawater with a simple experiment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 海水

  • 海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ
  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-

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