Illustration: Beneath the surface of a clear municipal swimming pool, an adult wearing goggles glides downward toward a small diving ring on the tiled floor. The swimmer's whole body, including both feet, is submerged, and a few bubbles trail upward toward the rippling surface.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

潜せん水すい

sensui

to dive underwater

Example sentences

  1. 潜水せんすいして泳およげるかい。

    Can you swim underwater?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 潜水せんすい漁りょうは海人あまが岩場いわばに潜ひそんだイセエビを手てづかみで採取さいしゅするというもの。

    In dive fishing, divers catch Ise ebi hidden in the rocky shore by hand.

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

  3. この潜水せんすい時計とけいは少すこし値段ねだんが高たかすぎます。

    This diver’s watch is a little too expensive.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 潜水

  • 潜submerge; concealOnセンKunひそむ・もぐる・かくれる
  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-

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