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下水道

下水道

Chinese

sewage
 
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad.
(下水道)
下水

Noun

下水道

  1. sewer

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
すい
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

下水道 (hiragana げすいどう, romaji gesuidō)

  1. sewer
    • 1929, 小林多喜二, 蟹工船:
       (とお)りの (わる)下水道 (げすいどう)のように、仕事 (しごと)がドンドンつまって ()った。
      Tōri no warui gesuidō no yō ni, shigoto ga dondon tsumatte itta.
      Work was getting more and more backed up like a clogged sewer.
  2. drainage channel for rainwater etc.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

下水道 (hasudo) (hangeul 하수도)

  1. Hanja form? of 하수도, “sewer”.