(げすい)

げすい
noun
sewage, drainage
1. sewage, wastewater
Dirty water that flows from houses and buildings into drains.
下水(げすい)処理場(しょりじょう)汚水(おすい)きれいにされる。
Wastewater is cleaned at the sewage treatment plant.
下水(げすい)(にお)する
It smells like sewage.
Sewage flowed into the river.
Sewage treatment is necessary.
Wastewater is discharged from the factory.
2. sewer, drainage system
The system of pipes and channels that carries away sewage.
下水(げすい)()まっている
The sewer is clogged.
Construction of the sewer system has begun.
Repair the sewer pipes.
下水(げすい)(あふ)れた
The sewer overflowed.

下水(げすい) refers to sewage (wastewater) or the sewer system that carries it away.

Common collocations:

  • 下水道(げすいどう) (sewer system)
  • 下水(げすい)処理(しょり) (sewage treatment)
  • 下水(げすい)処理場(しょりじょう) (sewage treatment plant)
  • 下水(げすい)(なが)れる (sewage flows)

Antonym: 上水(じょうすい) (clean water, tap water supply)

Related Words

Antonym: 上水(じょうすい) (clean water supply)