滴・雫|しずくshizuku[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. noundrop (e.g. of water); drip
   濡ぬれたタオルから滴しずくが垂たれている。↗

   Water is dripping from the wet towel.

• Synonym粒つぶNeutral粒 refers to a small, round grain or particle — of rice, salt, or medicine — and is not limited to liquids; it also describes droplets, the sense it shares with 滴.

Use 滴 for a drop of liquid, as of water dripping or falling; use 粒 for a small round grain or particle — rice, salt, medicine — though 粒 can also describe droplets.

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1. （しずく）空中くうちゅうや物ものの表面ひょうめんにある球状きゅうじょうとなった少量しょうりょうの液体えきたい。