- 雨水
- あまみず
うすい
rain water* * *あまみず【雨水】rainwater〖U〗 雨水, 天水.▲The walks are running with rain. 歩道に雨水があふれている(=Rain is running (all) over the walks. )
* * *Iあまみず【雨水】rainwater.●たまった雨水 accumulated [collected] rainwater.
●街路には雨水が流れていた. The streets ran with rain. | Rainwater flowed on the streets.
・庭に雨水がたまっている. Rainwater is standing in the garden.
・雨水がグラウンドにたまりはじめている. Rainwater has begun [is beginning] to collect on the playing field.
●有害物質が雨水に流されて川に流入した. Harmful materials were washed away by the rainwater.
●雨水の利用 use of rainwater; rainwater usage.
II●森林には雨水を貯留する働きがある. The forests function to store [accumulate] rainwater.
うすい【雨水】1 〔あまみず〕 rainwater.2 〔二十四節気の一〕 one of the twenty-four divisions of the four seasons (around February 18 in the solar calendar).雨水溝 a (rainwater) drainage ditch.雨水浸透施設 a rainwater seepage pit.雨水滞水地 a rainwater reservoir.雨水排水システム storm water drainage systems.雨水利用設備 rainwater utilization equipment; a rainwater utilization system.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.