しんすい
inundation; submersion; flood
Common word Also written 侵水
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
そのボートは浸水しんすいし始はじめてまもなく沈しずんだ。
The boat began to take in water and soon sank.
津波つなみが水田すいでんを押おし流ながし、町まちは浸水しんすいしました。
Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.