Illustration: On a Japanese home's veranda, a child kneels beside a glass jar of pond water that has been left undisturbed after collecting pebbles. Fine mud has settled into a distinct layer at the bottom, and a faint remaining haze is confined just above it.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

澄すむ

sumu

to become clear

Example sentences

  1. 水みずが底そこまで澄すんでいる。

    The water is clear to the bottom.

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  2. 川かわの水みずはとても澄すんでいた。

    The water of the river was very clear.

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  3. 澄すんだ青空あおぞらが見みえて私わたしはとてもよい気分きぶんだ。

    I can see a clear blue sky and feel so good.

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Kanji in 澄

  • 澄lucidity; be clearOnチョウKunすむ・すます

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