堤つつみ

noun

bank; embankment; dike

A raised structure along a river, coast, or lake to prevent flooding. Common in civil engineering and everyday contexts.

• 大おお雨あめで堤つつみが決けっ壊かいした。

  The embankment collapsed due to heavy rain.

• 川かわ沿ぞいの堤つつみを散さん歩ぽするのが好すきだ。

  I like walking along the riverbank.

noun

reservoir; pond

Poetic or literary term for a body of water held by a bank, often used in classical or descriptive writing.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かでは、堤つつみは池いけや水みずをたたえた場ば所しょを指さすことがある。

  In old waka poetry, 堤 can refer to a pond or a place where water is stored.