Housui

放水 (Housui) is a Japanese noun meaning “discharge of water (from a river, dam, etc.), drainage, spraying water (on), hosing”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdischarge of water (from a river, dam, etc.); drainage
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbspraying water (on); hosing

Examples

  • He played a hose on the burning hotel.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 放水

set freewater

Related words

water (esp. cool or cold)to releasebroadcastingreleaseleaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.)spoutarsonreleaseto fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.)(water-filled) paddy fieldleaving as isabandonment