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水の精 (みずのせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

水みずの精せい

Meanings

1

expression, noun

water spirit; water nymph; naiad

Refers to a mythical spirit or nymph associated with water, such as a naiad in Greek mythology or similar beings in folklore.

その湖みずうみには水みずの精せいが住すんでいると言いわれている。
It is said that a water spirit lives in that lake.

Kanji

水water
精refined, ghost, fairy

Etymology

Compound of 水 (mizu, 'water') + の (no, possessive particle) + 精 (sei, 'spirit'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the phrase is conventionally associated with mythical water spirits.