Meaning

Primary

Spring Water

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Well up water is spring water. Kind of makes sense, right?

Note that 湧水 is a formal word generally encountered in written language.

Reading

ゆうすい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 自然の湧水

    natural spring water

    秘境の湧水

    unexplored region's spring water

    山の湧水

    mountain spring water

Context Sentences

地下水が地表に自然に出てきたものを、湧水といいます。

Underground water that naturally comes to the surface is called a spring.

このブログの記事で、そこに湧水があることを知ったんです。

Through this blog post, I learned about the presence of a spring there.

この湧水は、青森県認定の「わたしたちの名水」にも選ばれた、とても美味しい湧水です。

This spring water has been selected as "our famous water" by Aomori Prefecture, and is very tasty.

最近では、湧水が出るような自然豊かなところに、メガソーラーパネルが並んでいるのをよく見かけます。

Recently, I often see mega solar panel arrays lined up in areas rich in nature where spring water flows.

Kanji Composition