海水
Meanings
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seawater; sea water; saltwater from the sea
Refers specifically to naturally salty water from the sea or ocean. Although it can be translated as “saltwater,” artificially salted water is more often 塩水.
If you drink seawater, you actually get thirstier.
This fish grows in seawater.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉の海水が〈形容詞〉the seawater at a place is (some quality)
The seawater at this beach is cold and clear.
- 海水を飲むto drink seawater (usually accidentally, while swimming)
I got swept by a wave and swallowed some seawater.
- 海水に浸かるto be soaked in seawater
My shoes got soaked in seawater and became covered in salt.
- 海水を汲むto draw/scoop up seawater
I scooped up seawater with a bucket and put it in the tank.