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Kanji Scrabble #14: 水 Have Fun Learning with Kanji Scrabble: a Kanji Game Just for Twitter!

The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets [ ].)

Kanji Scrabble #14, Key Kanji: [水]

火、目、牛、車、道、大、中、生、出、口 (Learn How to Play Here)

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Answers:

Kanji Kana English
中水道 ちゅうすいどう (n) gray-water system/grey-water system/recycled waste-water/
出水 しゅっすい (n,vs) flood/freshet/inundation/
大水 おおみず (n,adj-no) flood/(P)/
水中 すいちゅう (n,adj-no) underwater/(P)/
水口 みずぐち (n) a spout/(P)/
水火 すいか (n) fire and water/
水牛 すいぎゅう (n) water buffalo/(P)/
水生 すいせい (n,adj-no) aquatic (life)/living in the water/
水目 みずめ (n) Japanese cherry birch/betula grossa/
水車 すいしゃ (n) water wheel/(P)/
水道 すいどう (n) water service/water supply/(P)/
水道水 すいどうすい (n) tap-water/(P)/
火水 ひみず (n) (as discordant as) fire and water/
生水 なまみず (n) unboiled water/