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[こう()·ずい()]
kouzui
noun

English Meaning(s) for 洪水

noun
  1. flood; flooding

Definition and Synonyms for 洪水

Flowage the act of flooding
Synonyms: 出水, 大水, 横流, 氾濫, 洪水, 越流
Flood the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
Synonyms: 差し潮, 洪水, 満潮
Spate the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Synonyms: 出水, 洪水
Inundation the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Synonyms: 出水, 大水, 大洪水, 氾濫, 洪水
Lot a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms: あまた, 万斛, 多量, 山盛り, 山積み, 数多い, 洪水, 百千
Flowage filling to overflowing
Synonyms: 出水, 大水, 横流, 氾濫, 洪水, 越流

Meanings for each kanji in 洪水

» deluge; flood; vast
» water

Categories 洪水 is a member of

Tide the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
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Flowing the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
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Geological Phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
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Large Indefinite Amount an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
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Filling the act of filling something
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Sample Sentences for 洪水

The bridge was carried away by the flood.
The flood overwhelmed the village.
The flood did a lot of damage to the village.
The flood was the greatest disaster they had ever had.
The flood did a lot of harm to the crops.

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