Illustration: At the shallow edge of a neighborhood pond, a child crouches with both shoes planted on the damp bank and lowers a small net into the water immediately below. Their grandparent kneels close behind, holding the back of the child's jacket for balance.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

水みず辺べ

mizube

water’s edge, waterside

Example sentences

  1. もし水辺みずべにすむのなら子供こどもたちに泳およぎを教おしえられるよ。

    If you live near water, you should teach your children to swim.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 馬うまを水辺みずべに連つれて行いくことは出来できても、馬うまに水みずを飲のませることは出来できない。

    You can take a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 水辺みずべで火葬かそうにし、そのまま水みずに流ながす。

    A body is cremated at the waterside and then ashes are put into the water.

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

Kanji in 水辺

  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-
  • 辺environs; boundaryOnヘンKunあたり・ほとり

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