水すい魔ま

noun

disastrous flooding; flood disaster

Refers to severe, destructive flooding, often with a personified or calamitous nuance. Used in news and literary contexts.

• その地ち域いきは水すい魔まに襲おそわれ、多おおくの家いえが流ながされた。

  The area was struck by disastrous flooding, and many houses were washed away.

noun

kelpie; water demon; water spirit that causes floods

Mythical creature or spirit associated with water, often blamed for floods and disasters. Comparable to a kelpie or nixie in Western folklore.

• 昔むかし話ばなしでは、水すい魔まが川かわに住すみ、洪こう水ずいを起おこすと言いわれている。

  In old tales, a water demon is said to live in the river and cause floods.