汗水|あせみずasemizu[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- nounprofuse sweatusu. as 汗水たらして or 汗水流して
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related汗あせNeutralThe neutral everyday word for sweat, with the widest range of uses; 「汗水」 is mostly confined to phrases like 「汗水たらして働く」 that stress hard labor.
- Related流汗りゅうかんWrittenWritten/formal prose term for sweat flowing out, or for that sweat itself; very rare, and unlike 「汗水」 it carries no nuance of hard toil.
Everyday speech calls for 「汗」. Use 「汗水」 to stress sweat from hard work, as in 「汗水を流して働く」; 「流汗」 is a rare written option without that nuance.
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