Illustration: Beside a Japanese vegetable allotment, a narrow earthen drainage ditch runs between the beds and a gravel path. Its cut banks and shallow stream of rainwater are clearly visible. A gardener uses a small rake to remove leaves from the channel, allowing the backed-up water to pass through.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

溝みぞ

mizo

ditch, trench

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはその浅あさい溝みぞを飛とび越こえた。

    He leaped over the shallow ditch.

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  2. 恐こわくてその溝みぞは跳とび越こせないよ。

    I am afraid to jump over the ditch.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 溝みぞを掘ほり終おえたら花はなを植うえるのは簡単かんたんだよ。

    After we finish digging the trench, planting the flowers will be easy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 溝

  • 溝gutter; ditchOnコウKunみぞ

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