"下水" meaning in Japanese

See 下水 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡe̞sɨi] Forms: 下水 [canonical] (ruby: 下(げ), 水(すい)), gesui [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|げすい}} 下(げ)水(すい) • (gesui)
  1. sewage
    Sense id: en-下水-ja-noun-IyyUZldG
  2. ditch; culvert Synonyms: 暗渠
    Sense id: en-下水-ja-noun-wCCaho~a Categories (other): Japanese terms making reference to character shapes Disambiguation of Japanese terms making reference to character shapes: 8 24 20 7 20 22
  3. slop bowl Synonyms: 建水, 水翻し
    Sense id: en-下水-ja-noun-MpElb62B Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms making reference to character shapes, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Chinese character components Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 1 3 22 11 4 9 1 3 38 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 2 24 12 2 8 1 2 45 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 82 1 4 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 8 69 3 7 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 8 70 3 6 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms making reference to character shapes: 8 24 20 7 20 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 3 8 70 3 6 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 7 69 2 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 9 84 3 Disambiguation of Chinese character components: 4 4 42 4 4 42
  4. (slang) menstruation Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-下水-ja-noun-O66mEZld Categories (other): Menstruation Disambiguation of Menstruation: 0 0 0 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 下水道 (gesuidō) (ruby: 下水道(げすいどう))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕita̠mʲizɨ] Forms: 下水 [canonical] (ruby: 下(した), 水(みず)), shitamizu [romanization], sitamidu [romanization], したみづ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|したみず|hhira=したみづ}} 下(した)水(みず) • (shitamizu) ^(←したみづ (sitamidu)?)
  1. water that flows underneath the surface
    Sense id: en-下水-ja-noun-gvhLqY59 Categories (other): Japanese terms making reference to character shapes, Water Disambiguation of Japanese terms making reference to character shapes: 8 24 20 7 20 22 Disambiguation of Water: 0 27 0 0 73 0
  2. the 氺 kanji component
    Sense id: en-下水-ja-noun-52q7TLrE Categories (other): Japanese terms making reference to character shapes, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Chinese character components Disambiguation of Japanese terms making reference to character shapes: 8 24 20 7 20 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 3 7 7 2 6 75 Disambiguation of Chinese character components: 4 4 42 4 4 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 下水 meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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