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防波堤 (bouhatei) Japanese meaning: breakwater | Kotomora
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A long breakwater was built outside the harbor.
Many people also take walks on the breakwater.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 防ぼう 波は 堤てい を 築きず く to build a breakwater at a place
They built a breakwater at the harbor entrance.
波なみ が 防ぼう 波は 堤てい に 打う ち 寄よ せる waves crash against the breakwater
Large waves were crashing against the breakwater.
〈 事こと 〉 の 防ぼう 波は 堤てい となる to serve as a bulwark or buffer against something
That law serves as a bulwark against fraudulent transactions.
Kanji 防 ward off, defend, protect Related words 防波堤 is a breakwater built specifically to block ocean waves, while 堤防 is a general embankment or levee, often along rivers.
防波堤 is a breakwater built out into the sea to block waves, whereas 護岸 is the protective lining along the bank itself, more often used for rivers as well as coasts.
Etymology Compound of 防 (defend), 波 (wave), and 堤 (embankment). The reading is on'yomi throughout.
