みずぎわ – Vocabulary details

みずぎわ

Noun

1. water's edge; waterside; shore

2. before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border

when read as "みずぎわ"

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ずぎわ

water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

to be splendid; to be superb

shoreline protection or operations

border control measures (against smuggling, disease, etc.)

子こ供どもたちにみずぎわに近ちかづかないようにいいなさい。

Tell the children to keep away from the water's edge.

馬うまをみずぎわまで連つれて行いくことはできても、水みずを飲のませることはできない。

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

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