Moto 沼: Marsh; Lake; BogKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi
- ぬま
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 34 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ショウ)
- 湖沼こしょうlake; marsh
- 沼沢しょうたくmarsh; swamp
- 池沼ちしょうponds and swamps
- 沼気しょうきmarsh gas; methane
- 沼沢地しょうたくちwetland; marshland
- 沼沢植物しょうたくしょくぶつhelophyte; marsh plant
- 沼湖しょうこmarshes and lakes
- 湖沼型こしょうがたlake type (i.e. eutrophic, dystrophic, oligotrophic)
- 湖沼学こしょうがくlimnology
- 湖沼水質保全特別措置法こしょうすいしつほぜんとくべつそちほうLaw Concerning Special Measures for Conservation of Lake Water Quality (1984)
- 湖沼生態系こしょうせいたいけいlake ecosystem
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 沼ぬまmarsh; swamp
- 泥沼どろぬまbog; marsh
- 沼地ぬまちmarshland; wetland
- 沼田ぬまたmarshy rice field or paddy
- 沼大根ぬまだいこんAdenostemma lavenia (species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family)
- 沼杉ぬますぎbald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
- 沼萩ぬまはぎLysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
- 沼落ちぬまおちgetting hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
- 沼虎の尾ぬまとらのおLysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
- 沼蛙ぬまがえるAsian grass frog (Fejervarya limnocharis); Indian rice frog
- 沼蛭ぬまびるHelobdella stagnalis (species of leech)
- 沼鯥ぬまむつNipponocypris sieboldii (species of cyprinid)
- 沼鰈ぬまがれいstarry flounder (Platichthys stellatus)
- 沼鰐ぬまわにmugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris); marsh crocodile
- 泥沼化どろぬまかbogging down; dragging on
- 田沼時代たぬまじだいTanuma period (1767-1786 CE)
Other readings
- ドロ沼どろぬまbog; marsh
- 亜米利加沼鹿アメリカぬまじかmarsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
- 大和沼蝦やまとぬまえびYamato shrimp (Caridina multidentata); Amano shrimp
- 沼田場ヌタばmud bath (e.g. for pigs); mud pit
- 沼田鰻ぬたうなぎinshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri, species found from Japan to Taiwan)
- 沼縄ぬなわwater shield (Brasenia schreberi)
- 涸沼糸蜻蛉ひぬまいととんぼMortonagrion hirosei (species of damselfly)
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