How to say "sap" in Japanese

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  • 汁しるJLPT N2approx.Common
    noun, noun (suffix)Chiefly 'juice': the liquid pressed from fruit or vegetables. As 'sap' it is only a loose everyday reference to plant liquid; for the sap of trees, 樹液 is the word to use.
    彼女かのじょは御ご茶ちゃにレモンの汁しるをたらした。↗
    She dropped lemon juice into her tea.
  • 樹液じゅえきCommon
    nounThe specific word for sap: the fluid that circulates in trees and other plants. Use it when talking about sap oozing from or rising in a tree.
  • 水分すいぶんJLPT N2approx.Common
    nounWater or moisture content, or fluids in general — the water in food or in the body. It is not really a word for 'sap'; for the liquid in trees, use 樹液.
    水分すいぶんをたくさん取とってください。↗
    You should drink a lot of liquid.

For the liquid in trees and plants use 樹液; 汁 is everyday juice or liquid from food, only loosely covering plant liquids; 水分 means moisture or fluid content, not sap.

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