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水の泡

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
水 泡
みず
Grade: 1 		あわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 水 +‎ の +‎ 泡, literally "water bubble"

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) みずのあわ [mìzúnóáwáꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲizɨno̞a̠β̞a̠]

Noun

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水(みず)の泡(あわ) • (mizu no awa) 

  1. (idiomatic) coming to nothing
    これで全(すべ)て水(みず)の泡(あわ)となった。
    Korede subete mizu no awa tonatta.
    With this, everything comes to nothing.
  2. (idiomatic) something that is short-lived
  3. bubble on the surface of water

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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