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Kotomora

沼

marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • ショウ

Kun'yomi

  • ぬま

Meaning

沼 centers on a body of still, shallow water with soft, muddy ground: a marsh, swamp, bog, or pond. The lake sense is a larger, more open version of the same wetland idea.

Most common words using 沼

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  • 沼ぬま
    N1

    marsh; swamp; wetland; bog; pond

  • 泥沼どろぬま

    bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass

  • 池沼ちしょう

    ponds and swamps

  • 沼田ぬまた

    deep-mud paddy

  • 沼地ぬまち

    marshland; wetland; swampland

  • 湖沼こしょう

    lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters

  • 沼沢しょうたく

    marsh; swamp; bog

  • アメリカ沼鹿アメリカぬまじか

    marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

  • 大和沼蝦やまとぬまえび

    Yamato shrimp (Caridina multidentata); Amano shrimp

  • 沼るぬまる

    to get hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.); to become addicted (to); to become obsessed (with)

  • 沼エビぬまえび

    Paratya compressa (species of freshwater shrimp)

  • 沼大根ぬまだいこん

    Adenostemma lavenia (species of flowering plant)

  • 沼杉ぬますぎ

    bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

  • 沼気しょうき

    marsh gas; methane

  • 沼沢地しょうたくち

    wetland; marshland

  • 沼沢植物しょうたくしょくぶつ

    helophyte; marsh plant

  • 沼河姫命ぬなかわひめのみこと

    Nunakawahime no Mikoto

  • 沼湖しょうこ

    marshes and lakes

  • 沼縄ぬなわ

    water shield (Brasenia schreberi)

  • 沼萩ぬまはぎ

    Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

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Study

Etymology

沼 combines 氵 (water) with 召, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to calling or gathering, suggesting a place where water collects.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 gathers at a place that calls 召 it: a marsh or pond where water collects and sits still.

Reading mnemonic

For ショウ, imagine a show of water lilies floating on a still marsh: show -> ショウ, and the pond becomes a stage.