冠水|かんすいkansui[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbeing covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding
    洪水こうずいで何百なんびゃくという畑はたけが冠水かんすいした。↗
    Hundreds of fields were submerged in the flood.
Conjugation
Dictionary form冠水する(かんすいする)
Polite (masu)冠水します(かんすいします)
Negative (nai)冠水しない(かんすいしない)
polite (masen)冠水しません(かんすいしません)
classical zu / nu冠水せず・冠水せぬ(かんすいせず・かんすいせぬ)
Past (ta)冠水した(かんすいした)
polite (mashita)冠水しました(かんすいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)冠水しなかった(かんすいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)冠水しませんでした(かんすいしませんでした)
Te form冠水して(かんすいして)
Potential冠水できる(かんすいできる)
Passive冠水される(かんすいされる)
Causative冠水させる(かんすいさせる)
Causative passive冠水させられる(かんすいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)冠水すれば(かんすいすれば)
tara冠水したら(かんすいしたら)
Volitional冠水しよう(かんすいしよう)
polite (mashou)冠水しましょう(かんすいしましょう)
Imperative冠水しろ(かんすいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related水没すいぼつNeutralUsed for vehicles, houses, or land being flooded, and the thing need not be fully under water; 「冠水」 mostly describes roads or farmland covered by floodwater.
  • Antonym干上がりNeutralMeans water drying up completely, the opposite of 「冠水」 being covered with water.

Use 「冠水」 for roads or farmland covered by floodwater; use 「水没」 for vehicles, houses, or land being flooded, even if not fully submerged. 「干上がり」 is the opposite: water drying up.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 洪水こうずいなどにより作物さくもつなどが水みずをかぶること。
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