みずぎわ – Vocabulary details

みずぎわ

Meanings

Noun

1. beach; water's edge

2. coastline; national border; before entering the country

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

み

ずぎわ

Used in: 25

Composed of

みず

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

ぎわ

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

みずぎわだつ

to be splendid; to be superb

みずぎわさくせん

shoreline protection or operations

みずぎわたいさく

protection measures at ports and airports (against smuggling, disease, etc.)

Examples (2 in total)

子こ供どもたちにみずぎわに近ちかづかないようにいいなさい。

Tell the children to keep away from the water's edge.

馬うまをみずぎわまで連つれて行いくことはできても、水みずを飲のませることはできない。