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水浸し (みずびたし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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The basement was flooded due to heavy rain.
After the typhoon, the roads were underwater.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 水みず 浸びた しになる for a place to become flooded/waterlogged
The basement got flooded because of the heavy rain.
〈 物もの 〉 を 水みず 浸びた しにする to soak/flood something
The child spilled water and soaked the carpet.
水みず 浸びた しの 〈 物もの 〉 a soaked/waterlogged (thing)
I dried my waterlogged shoes.
Related words 浸水 is the formal, official term for flooding used in news and reports, while 水浸し is the everyday word for something being soaked or awash with water.
冠水 refers specifically to roads or land being covered with water, often in traffic or weather reports, whereas 水浸し can describe any room, object, or area being soaked.
びしょ濡れ usually describes a person or their clothes being drenched, while 水浸し typically describes a room, floor, or area being flooded with water.
Don't confuse with 水没 means something is completely submerged or sunk underwater (like a car in a flood), while 水浸し just means an area is soaked or awash, not necessarily fully submerged.
洪水 refers to an actual flood event, a large mass of water overflowing (e.g. from a river), while 水浸し describes the resulting soaked or waterlogged state of a place or thing.
Written forms 水みず 浸びた し Usage 66%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and high priority.
水みず びたし Usage 34%
Mixed kana-kanji variant; less common but still encountered.
Etymology Compound of 水 (mizu, 'water') and 浸し (bitashi, the noun form of 浸す, 'to soak'). Literally 'water-soaked'.
