渇水|かっすいkassui[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbwater shortage
Conjugation
Dictionary form渇水する(かっすいする)
Polite (masu)渇水します(かっすいします)
Negative (nai)渇水しない(かっすいしない)
polite (masen)渇水しません(かっすいしません)
classical zu / nu渇水せず・渇水せぬ(かっすいせず・かっすいせぬ)
Past (ta)渇水した(かっすいした)
polite (mashita)渇水しました(かっすいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)渇水しなかった(かっすいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)渇水しませんでした(かっすいしませんでした)
Te form渇水して(かっすいして)
Potential渇水できる(かっすいできる)
Passive渇水される(かっすいされる)
Causative渇水させる(かっすいさせる)
Causative passive渇水させられる(かっすいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)渇水すれば(かっすいすれば)
tara渇水したら(かっすいしたら)
Volitional渇水しよう(かっすいしよう)
polite (mashou)渇水しましょう(かっすいしましょう)
Imperative渇水しろ(かっすいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym水枯れみずがれNeutralWater sources or rivers drying up; close in sense to 「渇水」, which is more for low reservoir levels and water restrictions.
  • Synonym水飢饉みずききんNeutralA severe water shortage likened to a famine; vivid but rare, while 「渇水」 is more common in formal news reports.
  • Related日照りひでりNeutralScorching sun and no rain over a long period, mainly damaging crops; 「渇水」 centers on low water in reservoirs and rivers.
  • Related干天かんてんWrittenA prolonged rainless spell of dry weather; written/formal prose, as in 「干天の慈雨」; focuses on the weather itself.
  • Related旱魃かんばつNeutralA long rainless spell that leaves crops short of water; centers on drought as an agricultural disaster.
  • Antonym増水ぞうすいNeutralRising water levels in rivers or lakes; the opposite of 「渇水」.
  • Antonym豊水ほうすいWrittenAn abundance of water, the opposite of 「渇水」; written/formal prose. Also the name of a Japanese pear cultivar.

Use 「渇水」 for shortages of water in reservoirs or rivers that lead to water restrictions, as in 「渇水対策」. For agricultural droughts pick 「旱魃」 or 「日照り」; 「水枯れ」 is close to 「渇水」. The opposite is 「増水」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 降水こうすいがないまたは非常ひじょうに少すくないため水みずが涸かれること。
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