Illustration: At a rural Japanese community water point, several residents wait with empty household containers while only a few drops fall from an open tap. One resident tilts a broad bucket hopefully beneath it, its bottom barely wet.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

水みず不ぶ足そく

mizubusoku

water shortage

Example sentences

  1. 水不足みずぶそくのため不作ふさくだった。

    We’ve had a poor crop due to lack of water.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 東京とうきょうは今年ことしの夏なつも水不足みずぶそくになるだろう。

    Tokyo will run short of water again this summer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 我々われわれは今年ことしの夏なつはひどい水不足みずぶそくに苦くるしんでいる。

    We are suffering from a severe water shortage this summer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 水不足

  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-
  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 足leg; footOnソクKunあし・たりる・たる

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