沢

Meaning

沢 centers on a low, wet, water-rich place: a swamp or marsh. The extended senses of brilliance and grace come from the idea of something being richly moistened or lustrous, like a glossy surface.

• 沢山たくさん
  N5

  a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal

• 贅沢ぜいたく
  N3

  luxury; extravagance

• 金沢かなざわ
  N5

  Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)

• 沢さわ

  mountain stream; valley; dale

• 光沢こうたく
  N1

  brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish

• 毛沢東もうたくとう

  Mao Zedong (1893.12.26-1976.9.9); Mao Tse-tung

• 潤沢じゅんたく

  abundant; ample; plentiful; affluent

• 沢庵たくあん

  pickled daikon radish

• 白沢はくたく

  bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

• 子沢山こだくさん

  having many children

• 沢蟹さわがに

  Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)

• 沼沢しょうたく

  marsh; swamp; bog

• 金沢大学かなざわだいがく

  Kanazawa University

• 沢辺さわべ

  edge of a swamp

• 沢地さわち

  marshy land

• うた沢うたざわ

  slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

• うた沢節うたざわぶし

  slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

• もっと沢山もっとたくさん

  a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

• ガラス光沢ガラスこうたく

  vitreous lustre (luster); glassy lustre

• 亜金属光沢あきんぞくこうたく

  submetallic luster; submetallic lustre

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