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遊水地 (ゆうすいち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
retarding basin ; flood-control pond
A manmade pond or basin designed to temporarily store excess rainwater and prevent flooding. Used in civil engineering and disaster prevention contexts.
市し は 洪こう 水ずい 対たい 策さく と し て 新あたら しい 遊ゆう 水すい 地ち を 建けん 設せつ し た 。
The city built a new flood-control pond as a flood countermeasure.
Written forms 遊ゆう 水すい 地ち
Standard kanji spelling for a flood-control pond or retarding basin.
遊ゆう 水すい 池ち
Variant kanji spelling using 池 (pond) instead of 地 (land/area); both are used in official contexts.
Similar words 調ちょう 整せい 池ち 調整池 is a broader term for a regulating reservoir, often used for water supply or irrigation, while 遊水地 specifically refers to a basin for flood control.
ため 池いけ ため池 is a traditional irrigation pond for farming, not primarily for flood prevention.
Etymology Compound of 遊 (play, idle) + 水 (water) + 地 (land), literally 'idle water land,' referring to land that temporarily holds excess water.
