渇水|かっすいkassui[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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」.
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