断水

だんすい
water outage

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だんすい【断水】

the suspension of the water supply.

¶ → 断水した

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だんすい【断水】

a water cutoff; (a) suspension of the water supply; 〔水枯れ〕 a water shortage.

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●今も断水している. The water (supply) is cut off right now.

・昔, よく断水したものだ. The water used to get cut off a lot.

●全市にわたる断水 a failure of the water supply over the whole city; a city-wide water cutoff.

●明日都内の一部で断水がある. The water supply will be shut [cut] off tomorrow in parts of Tokyo.

●断水にする cut [shut, turn] off the water (supply); stop the supply of water.

断水区域 an area affected by a water cutoff; a section for the water supply to be cut off.