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スイカ

Reading

Kana: スイカ
Romaji: suika
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores)

See also: パスモ

Example Sentences

スイカは(いま)出盛(でさか)りだ。
➥Watermelons are in season now.
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こんな(おお)きなスイカは()たことがない。
➥I've never seen such a giant watermelon!
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キュウリはスイカの親戚(しんせき)だ。
➥Cucumbers are related to watermelons.
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この季節(きせつ)にスイカを()()れるのは容易(ようい)ではない。
➥It's not easy to come by watermelons at this time of year.
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垂下

Reading

Kana: すいか
Romaji: suika
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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being pendent; hanging down

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 た.れる、 た.らす、 た.れ、 -た.れ、 なんなんと.す
Meanings: droop, suspend, hang, slouch
Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる
Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

水化

Reading

Kana: すいか
Romaji: suika
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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hydration

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: カ、 ケ、 ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
Meanings: change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

Example Sentence

複雑(ふくざつ)炭水化物(たんすいかぶつ)って(なに)()ってますか。
➥Do you know anything about complex carbohydrates?
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水火

Reading

Kana: すいか
Romaji: suika
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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fire and water

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-
Meaning: fire

水禍

Reading

Kana: すいか
Romaji: suika
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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flood disaster; drowning

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: カ、 わざわい
Meanings: calamity, misfortune, evil, curse

西瓜

水瓜

Readings

Kana: すいか、スイカ
Romaji: suika, suika
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

西
Readings: セイ、 サイ、 ス、 にし
Meanings: west, Spain
Readings: カ、 ケ、 うり
Meaning: melon
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water

Example Sentences

すいか()った?
➥Have you bought a watermelon?
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スイカは(いま)出盛(でさか)りだ。
➥Watermelons are in season now.
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キュウリはスイカの親戚(しんせき)だ。
➥Cucumbers are related to watermelons.
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(わたし)西瓜(すいか)()きです。
➥I love the taste of watermelon.
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これは新種(しんしゅ)のすいかです。
➥This is a kind of watermelon.
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こんな(おお)きなスイカは()たことがない。
➥I've never seen such a giant watermelon!
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誰何

Reading

Kana: すいか
Romaji: suika
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what

Example Sentences

いきなり本人(ほんにん)誰何(すいか)するのも無粋(ぶすい)(かんが)えました。
➥I thought it would be boorish to challenge his identity without warning.
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そのため、(ぼく)にとってのココは「(あそ)相手(あいて)のお(ねえ)さん」で、家族(かぞく)のひとりとしての認識(にんしき)しかなく、親父(おやじ)誰何(すいか)するような存在(そんざい)ではなかった。
➥For that reason Coco was, to me, 'an older sister I can play with' and I thought of her only as one member of the family not as someone I should question my father concerning her identity.
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