Illustration: A broad grassy embankment runs beside a swollen river through a Japanese residential area. River water presses against one sloping side, while houses and vegetable plots remain dry below the opposite side. A paved path follows the raised crest, making the structure’s height and continuity clear.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

堤てい防ぼう

teibou

levee, embankment

Example sentences

子供こどもたちは堤防ていぼうをすべりおりた。
The children slid down the bank.
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水みずは堤防ていぼうを越こえた。
The water ran over the banks.
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堤防ていぼうが洪水こうずいを防ふせいだ。
The levee kept the floodwater back.
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Kanji in 堤防

堤dike; bankOnテイKunつつみ
防prevent; protectOnボウKunふせぐ

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