水量
Meanings
1
amount of water; volume of water
Refers to the quantity or volume of water in a river, dam, tank, rainfall context, plumbing context, and similar settings.
There has been little rain this year, and the amount of water in the river is decreasing.
They measure the volume of water in the dam every day.
Usage patterns
- 水量が増えるthe volume of water increases
Heavy rain caused the river's water volume to increase.
- 水量が減るthe volume of water decreases
The dam's water volume decreased at the end of summer.
- 水量を測るto measure the amount of water
They installed a device that measures water volume using a sensor.
- 〈場所〉の水量the volume of water at a place (e.g. a dam, river)
This dam's water volume is higher than usual years.