Illustration: A child and an adult crouch beside a shallow stream running through a wooded Japanese valley. Clear water flows over rounded stones into a quiet pool where small river fish hold their position against the current. A freshwater crab emerges from beneath a submerged rock near the bank.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

淡たん水すい

tansui

fresh water

Example sentences

  1. この装置そうちにより、簡単かんたんに海水かいすいを淡水たんすいに変かえることが可能かのうとなった。

    This device made it possible to turn sea-water into fresh water easily.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. サケは淡水たんすいで産卵さんらんする。

    Salmon lay their eggs in fresh water.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 湖みずうみや河かわの水みずは、たいてい淡水たんすいである。

    The water in lakes and rivers is usually fresh.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 淡水

  • 淡thin; faintOnタンKunあわい
  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-

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