Keyword
fountain
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig140
Readings
せん
(58%)
み
(12%)
Composed of
white
water
Mnemonic

The water appears to look white – that's because it's coming out of a white-coloured fountain.

Used in kanji (3 in total)
line
gland
container for pouring water
Used in vocabulary (137 in total)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
spring; fountain
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
Hades; hell; underworld; underground spring
hot spring district (within a town)
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
hot spring area; hot spring district
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
garden pond; miniature lake; fountain
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
place where there are hot springs; hot springs spa
path to Hades; passage leading to the underworld; Hades; hell; underworld
hot-spring village; onsen village
cold mineral spring
hot spring water quality; spring quality; hot spring type
miraculous fountain; fountain in the grounds of a shrine
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
Quanzhou (China); Chinchew
mineral spring
hot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night
miraculous spring or fountain
sulfur spring; sulphur spring
Hades; the hereafter
visiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour
tax withholding at the source
hot spring water flowing fresh and untreated from the source
hot spring water flowing fresh and untreated from the source
fountain; spring
medicinal bath mix; bathwater additive; bath salt
Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)
source of knowledge
sign used to designate a hot spring (e.g. on a map); traditional style love hotel
springs and rocks
Hades; realm of the dead; the next world
demoness inhabiting the underworld
tax certificate slip; statement of earnings; tax-income certificate
garden pond
carbonated spring; soda spring
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
Daijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
hot spring guest; onsen visitor
radium hot spring; radioactive hot spring
Digital Daijisen (online dictionary)
hades; nether regions
spring of sweet water
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
income tax withheld at the source
(water) well; well water
bubbling spring; gushing spring; fountain
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
visiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
medicinal bath mix; bathwater additive; bath salt
wall fountain
arbor facing a spring (arbour)
soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel; gates of Hades; entrance to the underworld
artificial hot spring; man-made hot spring
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
medicinal bath mix; bathwater additive; bath salt
simple hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)
bathing in a hot spring
demoness inhabiting the underworld
style of garden that features a path around a pond
Izumi Station (Iwaki)
hot-spring cure; onsen therapy; balneotherapy
tax withholding at the source
withholding tax; tax withheld at the source
waterfall
drinking spring water; taking the waters; onsen water used for medical treatment
a spring that gushes forth from a valley
hot spring geisha; onsen geisha; geisha working in a hot spring resort
saline spring
hot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night
simple hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)
place with ominous name; (lit.) robber's fountain
bubbling spring; gushing spring; fountain
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
artesian spring
thermal spring source; onsen source
shinkansen pear; hybrid nashi developed in Tottori prefecture
better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; (lit.) refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty
Akitsu Springs (1947 novel by Shinji Fujiwara, 1962 film)
fountain of youth
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
path to Hades; passage leading to the underworld; Hades; hell; underworld
demoness inhabiting the underworld
coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)
Hades; realm of the dead; the next world
reclaimed paper
a spring that gushes forth from a valley
knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor
Izumi fever (resembles scarlet fever)
radium spring
a virtuous person should not commit an act that offends their moral principles no matter how hard pressed they may be
the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election; (lit.) children of (Junichiro) Koizumi
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived
chalybeate spring; ferruginous spring; iron spring; hot spring with high iron content
hot spring rich in sodium sulfate; sodium sulfate spring
hot spring inn (onsen ryokan) priding itself on its cuisine
balneology (study of therapeutic use of baths)
hot spring rights; right to make use of hot spring waters
hot spring organism; organisms (algae, amphibians, etc.) that thrive in hot water
fango; mud taken from a hot spring
Hokkien (language)
hot spring; hydrothermal spring; geothermal spring
amount of tax withheld; withholding tax amount
salt (from a mineral spring)
IDEC Izumi Corporation
Gensen (Japanese dictionary; publ. 1921-29)
Examples (37 in total)
There are hot springs in this village.
I can't believe I won a hot spring trip.
They've been away on a hot-spring trip with the people from the seniors' club for three days now.