How to say "water" in Japanese

• 水みずJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe everyday noun for water itself: the liquid you drink, pour into a glass, or see in rivers and lakes. It especially suggests water that is cool or cold.
  水みずを加くわえてペースト状ぺーすとじょうになるまでかき回まわしなさい。↗

  Add water and stir to a paste.
• 水分すいぶんJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounWater or moisture thought of as a content of something — the fluids in the body, the water in food — rather than water itself as a substance you drink or pour.
  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.
• 注ぐそそぐJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbA verb, not the noun: it covers 'to water' in the sense of sprinkling or pouring liquid onto something, as when watering plants. It is not a word for the liquid itself.

水 is water the substance, especially when cool or cold; 水分 is water or moisture as a content of things like food or the body; 「注ぐ」 is the verb 'to water', sprinkling or pouring liquid onto something.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 水みずwater (esp. cool or cold)
• 水分すいぶんwater
• ウォーターwater
• お水おみずwater
• 水をやるみずをやるto water (a plant, a flower etc.)
• 注ぐそそぐto sprinkle on (from above)
• 水すいwater (fifth of the five elements)