堤防 (Teibou) is a Japanese noun meaning “bank, weir, embankment, levee”.
Meanings
- nounbank; weir; embankment; levee
Examples
水は堤防を越えた。
The water ran over the banks.
堤防が洪水を防いだ。
The levee kept the floodwater back.
子供たちは堤防をすべりおりた。
The children slid down the bank.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).