Keyword
lake
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig159
Readings
こ
(41%)
Composed of
water drops
ancient barbarian
Mnemonic

A pictograph of an ancient barbarian next to water from a lake. Why is he here? Well, obviously, he's washing himself. They didn't really have proper bathrooms in the ancient times, so they had to make do with what they had. Which were the lakes.

Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
lake (in place names)
lake surface
Examples (176 in total)
I fell into the lake!
Why don't we go to a lake or something?
One can confirm that vast forests and lakes stretch out.
It was a lake where clear water spread out quietly.
If you go up this river, you come out at a lake.
Can you go to Lake Jusan?
Whoever laps the lake first wins.
I felt like I was throwing pebbles into a wide lake.
Only one river flows out of the lake.
I'm heading toward Lake Yamanaka.
I went camping at Lake Kawaguchi over the weekend.
There are beautiful lakes here and there.
That lake looks like an ocean.
Is swimming allowed in this lake?
Swimming isn't allowed in this lake.
It's dangerous to swim in this lake.
I think it's dangerous to swim in this lake.
This lake abounds in various kinds of fish.
There are many fish in this lake.
This lake is the deepest in this country.
This lake is among the deepest in the country.
How deep this lake is!
This lake is the deepest in Japan.
This lake is deep.
Is this lake deep?
We saw a lake far below.
That hotel was very near the lake.
The river discharges into a lake.
The water of the lake is very cold.
The water in the lake is cool.
The lake is very deep.
The lake is large and beautiful.
Is the lake deep?
Finally we arrived at the lake.
How do you know how deep the lake is?
We finally reached the lake.
After we had walked for some time, we came to the lake.
There is much more water in this lake now than in the past.
I like swimming in lakes and rivers more than swimming in the ocean.
I'm looking at my reflection in the lake.
The boy was about to jump into the lake.
The boy passed the time by flinging stones into the lake.
The river flows into the lake.
His car fell into the lake.
He could swim free in the lake.
The church is surrounded by woods and lakes.
There is a lake on the east of the village.
A beautiful lake lay just beyond the forest.
At the end of the forest, there is a beautiful lake.
The lake was adjacent to his house.
May I swim in the lake?
There lives an old man in the hut by the lake.
The ice on the lake couldn't bear his weight.
I stayed at a small hotel near the lake.
The lake is a long way from here.
The lake is deepest here.
The lake was gleaming in the bright sunshine.
The lake is about 25 meters deep.
Let's walk to the lake.
The hotel we stayed at last summer is near the lake.
There is a large lake near our town.
We're staying at a hotel near the lake.
After we walked for a while, we arrived at the lake.
Having walked for sometime, we came to the lake.
We swam in the lake.
We went swimming in the lake.
As soon as we got to the lake, we started swimming.
There is a lake in front of my house.
I think it's dangerous for children to swim in this lake.
We crossed the lake in a boat.
There's a lake nearby where we can swim.
Ice covers the lake during the winter.
This lake is the deepest lake in Japan.
This is the most beautiful lake that I have ever seen.
The lake is deepest around here.
The lake can be reached in half an hour by bus.
The lake is surrounded by green hills.
This lake is shallow.
This part of the lake is very shallow.
As we went around the corner, the lake came into view.
As we went around the corner, the lake came in sight.
How deep is this lake?
I don't know how deep the lake is.
The ice on the lake is too thin to bear your weight.
The moonlight reflected on the lake.
This lake is deepest at this point.
The lake is deepest at this spot.
The lake is deep at this point.
The lake was bound in ice.
The moon was reflected in the lake.
It was so cold that the lake froze over.
The lake was frozen.
The lake was frozen, so we walked across the ice.
How deep is that lake?
How deep is the lake?
I would often go fishing in the lake.
We have walked all around the lake.
We sometimes swim in the lake.
The lake is ten miles about.
This lake supplies our city with water.
The lake supplies the city with water.
He has a big restaurant near the lake.
There are a lot of fish in that lake.
The water in the lake is murky.
The boat sank to the bottom of the lake.
There are a few boats on the lake.
The hotel fronts the lake.
The castle stands facing a beautiful lake.
We walked along the shore of the lake.
We made camp near the lake.
He went for a swim in the lake every morning.
Thousands of dead fish have been found floating in the lake.
A stream flows into the lake.
We enjoyed swimming in the lake.
The pipe conveys water from the lake to the factory.
The lake supplies water to the village.
There were hundreds of birds on the lake.
We're going to cycle to the lake tomorrow.
They went around the lake.
The lake was beautiful with some swans swimming on it.
The drive to the lake was very exciting.
Let's drive to the lake.
The road curves gently toward the lake.
They went on a picnic to the lake.
We went on a picnic at the lake.
We camped on the side of the lake.
We stayed at a hotel by the lake.
I stayed at a small hotel by the lake.
Tom went to the lake with Mary.
Tom jumped into the lake.
The beauty of the lake was beyond description.
He conducted us on a tour around the lake.
There are quite a few hotels by the lake.
The old church by the lake is very beautiful.
They bathed in the lake.
She was looking at the fine snow falling on the lake.
The lake's surface is almost like a mirror.
He threw a stone into the lake.
At the foot of the hill is a beautiful lake.
A large pillar obstructs the view of the lake.
In the middle of the lake lies the island.
He wandered around the lake.
It is safe to skate on this lake.
I would often go skating on the lake.
There were some boats on the lake.
I went skating on the lake.
The Great Lakes supply drinking water.
We stayed for 3 nights at a lakeside hotel.
No other lake in Japan is as large as Lake Biwa.
Lake Biwa came in sight.
How deep is Lake Biwa?
Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.
Lake Biwa could be seen from where we were standing.
A mysterious legend has been handed down about this lake.
His eyes roamed over the lake in the valley.
There were a lot of boats on the lake.
We went fishing in the lake.
Some believe Nessie lives in this lake.
The water in lakes and rivers is usually fresh.
The lake's water is as smooth as a mirror.
Hundreds of buffaloes moved toward the lake.
I went swimming in the lake with Hiroko.
Lake Towada is famous for its beauty.
Lake Towada is in the north of Japan.
We went to Lake Towada on a school excursion.
He ran down to the lake.
The lake was ringed by a fence, apparently for health and safety reasons.
The mountains are reflected in the lake.
How about going for a drive to Lake Yamanaka with us tomorrow?
The lake is notorious for its contamination.
The beauty of the lake is beyond description.
Lake Akan is frozen over.
She likes Lake Mashuu.
They explored Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
This river runs into Lake Ontario.
Tom drowned in Lake Superior three years ago.