水

Vocabulary (12)

• 水茶屋

  みずちゃや

  (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services)

• 水産庁

  すいさんちょう

  (Japanese) Fisheries Agency

• 飲水

  いんすい

  (act of) drinking water

• 火水

  ひみず

  (as discordant as) fire and water

• 水先案内人

  みずさきあんないにん

  (boat) pilot

• 水先人

  すいさきにん

  (boat) pilot

• 浄水地

  じょうすいち

  (clean-water) reservoir

• 行雲流水

  こううんりゅうすい

  (metaphorically) floating with the tide

• 水兵

  すいへい

  (naval) sailor

• 潜水士

  せんすいし

  (professional) licensed diver

• 水牢

  みずろう

  (punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber

• 進水

  しんすい

  (ship's) launching