すい
Meanings
Noun
1. 水と火。
2. 洪水と火災。また、勢いの激しいことの喩え。
3. 水と火が日用に不可欠であることから、極めて必要なものの喩え。
4. 水に溺れ火に焼かれるほどの、甚だしい苦痛。
5. 極めて仲が悪いこと。氷炭相容れないこと。
Kanji used
water
fire
Pitch accent
いか
Composed of
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
not getting along well with each other; being like water and oil