水

Meaning

1. n
   water (esp. cool or cold)
2. n
   fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
3. n
   flood; floodwaters
4. n
   water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
5. n
   break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
6. n abbreviation
   Wednesday
7. n
   shaved ice (served with flavored syrup)
8. n
   water (fifth of the five elements)

Example sentences

• 水から上がり、入江のほとりの砂の上を、よちよち歩き出しました。

  She pulled herself out of the water and waddled along the sand at the edge of the creek.

• 健康は失われて有難味がわかる点において、親や水・空気と同じようなものです。

  As far as knowing health's worth once you've lost it goes, that's the same thing with parents, water or air.

• 海綿は水を吸収しますので水彩絵具をぼかしたりする時に便利です。

  Sponge absorbs water so it is convenient for shading water-colours and such.