水柱

Chinese

water; river pillar
simp. and trad.
(水柱)

Pronunciation


Noun

水柱

  1. column of water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みず
Grade: 1
はしら > ばしら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1
ちゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

水柱 (hiragana すいちゅう, rōmaji suichū, alternative reading みずばしら, rōmaji mizubashira)

  1. column of water
    • 1940, 海野十三, 地球要塞:
      やがて (よう) (じょう)には、真白 (まっしろ)水柱 (みずばしら) (ほん) (とう)した。
      Yagate yōjō ni wa, masshiro na mizubashira ga hontō shita.
      Before long, a pure white column of water spewed out from the ocean's surface.

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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