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こうずい
Meanings
Noun
1. flood; flooding
Alt. forms
洪こう水ずい
98%
こうずい
1%
Pitch accent
こ
うずい
こ
うずい
Used in: 35
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
flood myth
glacial lake outburst flood
Examples (22 in total)
The crops were damaged by the flood.
The damage from the flood was negligible.
Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.
A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.
The bridge was washed away by the flood.
The flood caused a lot of damage.
The village was isolated by the flood.
After the heavy rain, there was a big flood.
The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.
The town was destroyed by the flood after the storm.
That bridge was swept away by the flood.
Streets and houses were submerged by the flood.
The road was closed on account of the flood.
Hundreds of fields were submerged in the flood.
Man fears disasters such as floods and fires.
The flood did a lot of harm to the crops.
We provided the flood victims with food and clothing.
They worked hard to aid the victims of the flood.
They strengthened the embankments to protect the village from flooding.
The flood diverted the course of the river.
The town was desolate after the flood.
The flood prevented me from crossing the river.