出水|しゅっすいshussui[0]heiban (flat)

Common
でみずdemizu[0]heiban (flat)
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbflood; freshet; inundation
    先週せんしゅうの激はげしい降雨こううのために出水しゅっすいした。↗
    We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.
Conjugation
Dictionary form出水する(しゅっすいする)
Polite (masu)出水します(しゅっすいします)
Negative (nai)出水しない(しゅっすいしない)
polite (masen)出水しません(しゅっすいしません)
classical zu / nu出水せず・出水せぬ(しゅっすいせず・しゅっすいせぬ)
Past (ta)出水した(しゅっすいした)
polite (mashita)出水しました(しゅっすいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)出水しなかった(しゅっすいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)出水しませんでした(しゅっすいしませんでした)
Te form出水して(しゅっすいして)
Potential出水できる(しゅっすいできる)
Passive出水される(しゅっすいされる)
Causative出水させる(しゅっすいさせる)
Causative passive出水させられる(しゅっすいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)出水すれば(しゅっすいすれば)
tara出水したら(しゅっすいしたら)
Volitional出水しよう(しゅっすいしよう)
polite (mashou)出水しましょう(しゅっすいしましょう)
Imperative出水しろ(しゅっすいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym大水おおみずNeutralA native Japanese word, colloquial in tone, for a big flood; synonymous with 「出水」.
  • Synonym洪水こうずいNeutralThe most common word for a flood; also figurative for things pouring in, as in 「情報の洪水」.
  • Synonym氾濫はんらんNeutralRivers overflowing and the water spreading; figuratively, inferior things proliferating. Emphasizes the water spilling over.
  • Antonym渇水かっすいNeutralThe antonym: water shortage or rivers running dry from lack of rain; contrasts with 「出水」, when rivers rise.
  • Antonym干上がりNeutralThe antonym: water drying up completely; contrasts with 「出水」, when rivers swell after heavy rain.

For a river swelling after heavy rain, use 「出水」, which leans toward written prose, as in 「梅雨末期の出水」. In everyday speech say 「洪水」 or 「大水」; for water spilling over, 「氾濫」; the opposite is 「渇水」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 大量たいりょうの降雨こううなどにより河川かせんが増水ぞうすいすること。また、大水おおみずとなること。洪水こうずい。
  2. 日本にっぽんの地名ちめい。
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