Usage patterns 堤てい 防ぼう が 決けっ 壊かい する for a levee to breach/burst
The river's levee breached due to heavy rain.
堤てい 防ぼう を 越こ える for water to overflow a levee
The water level rose over the levee and flooded the surrounding area.
堤てい 防ぼう が 崩くず れる for a levee to collapse/crumble
There is a risk that the aging levee will collapse.
堤てい 防ぼう を 補ほ 強きょう する to reinforce a levee
They reinforced the levee in preparation for the typhoon.
Kanji 防 ward off, defend, protect Related words· 6 堤防 is the formal engineering term for a levee, while 土手 is the everyday, casual word for an earthen embankment, often smaller or less formally built.
堤防 refers broadly to any flood-control embankment along a river or coast, whereas 防波堤 specifically means a breakwater built in the sea to block waves.
堤防 is a broader, often taller embankment or levee built to hold back water, while 護岸 specifically refers to the reinforcing structure or facing built directly on a riverbank or coastline to prevent erosion.
堤防 specifically emphasizes the flood-control function of an embankment, while 堤 is a broader, more general term for any bank or dike.
Show 2 more Show fewer 堤防 is a levee or embankment built along a river or coast to prevent flooding, while ダム blocks a river to store and regulate water.
堤防 is an embankment or levee built along a river to prevent flooding, while 堰 crosses the river to control or divert the flow itself.
Don't confuse with 堤防 is a levee built to keep water out during floods, while 堰 is a weir or small dam built across a river to control or divert the water's flow.
堤防 is the embankment or levee that holds back the river, whereas 河川敷 is the flat land lying between the river and that embankment.
Etymology 堤 (てい , 'embankment') + 防 (ぼう , 'defense/protection'). The compound refers to a protective embankment.
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