湖|みずうみmizuumi[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounlake
   湖みずうみの深ふかさはどのくらいですか。↗

   What is the depth of the lake?

• SynonymレークWrittenA loanword meaning lake, seen in some facility names and compounds like 「レークサイド」; place names normally use 「湖」 instead.
• Synonym湖水こすいWrittenWritten prose for a lake or the water in it, as in 「湖水の透明度」; the emphasis falls on the water itself.

Default to 「湖」, which place names also use, as in 「琵琶湖」. In written prose 「湖水」 covers the lake or its water, and 「レーク」 turns up in some facility names.

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1. （みずうみ） 陸地りくちに囲かこまれた水域すいいきのうち、巨大きょだいなもの。