海水(かいすい)

かいすい
noun
seawater
1. seawater, ocean water
Water from the sea or ocean. Contains dissolved salts and minerals.
海水(かいすい)はしょっぱい。
Seawater is salty.
海水浴(かいすいよく)に行(い)こう。
Let's go swimming in the sea.
海水(かいすい)から塩(しお)を作(つく)る伝統的(でんとうてき)な方法(ほうほう)が今(いま)でも残(のこ)っている。
Traditional methods of making salt from seawater still remain today.

USAGE:
A straightforward compound of 海(うみ) (sea) + 水(みず) (water). Commonly appears in compound words and set phrases.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 海水浴(かいすいよく): sea bathing, swimming in the ocean
  • 海水浴場(かいすいよくじょう): bathing beach
  • 海水(かいすい)温度(おんど): seawater temperature
  • 海水(かいすい)淡水化(たんすいか): seawater desalination
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