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下水 (げすい): drainage, sewage, ditch, gutter, sewerage — Japanese vocabulary

下水 is read げすい and means "drainage, sewage, ditch, gutter, sewerage". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

下水

Reading
げすい · gesui
Translation
drainage, sewage, ditch, gutter, sewerage
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
げすいが

Example

下水が完全に詰まっている。

げすいがかんぜんにつまっている。

The drains are blocked up.

Kanji in this word

  • 下 — down, below
  • 水 — water

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