水すい道どう

〈場ば所しょ〉に水すい道どうを引ひくto install a water supply line to a place
この村むらにはまだ水すい道どうが引ひかれていない。
This village doesn't have running water installed yet.
水すい道どうが止とまるfor the water supply to be cut off
台たい風ふうで水すい道どうが止とまってしまった。
The water supply was cut off because of the typhoon.
水すい道どうを止とめるto shut off the water supply
工こう事じのため一いち時じ的てきに水すい道どうを止とめます。
We will temporarily shut off the water supply for construction work.

Expressions

水すい道どう水すい sense 1
水道水 specifically means the tap water itself, while 水道 can refer to the whole supply system, the service, or the water.
海かい峡きょうN1sense 2
海峡 is the ordinary word for a strait or channel, while 水道 is used mainly in fixed geographical names like 関門水道.
上じょう水すい道どう sense 1
上水道 is the technical/official term for the clean water supply system, whereas 水道 is the everyday word for the same thing.
配はい管かん
水道 refers to the whole water-supply system reaching a building, while 配管 focuses on the actual pipes and the work of laying them.

蛇じゃ口ぐちN3
水道 refers to the water supply system or service itself, whereas 蛇口 is the physical tap you turn to get water.
水すい道どう水すい
水道 refers to the waterworks/plumbing system itself, while 水道水 is the water that comes out of it.

Compound of 水 (water) and 道 (way, path). The 'water supply' sense is a modern extension from the idea of a water conduit.

きょく

waterworks bureau; water department

water and sewer services; water supply and sewerage

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