marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond

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Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

marsh

Constituents

?summon
?water droplets
?water pistol
dagger
sword
mouth
seduce
water

Mnemonic Stories

The desperate land, parched and thirsty, seduced the water. "Come here," it whispered with a dusty mouth. But it took too much, and the water's sharp revenge turned the land into a murky marsh.

The sleazy realtor will try to seduce you into buying a plot of water-logged marsh land.

The sorcerer tried to summon clean water with a spell from his mouth and a ritual dagger, but his incantation was flawed and created a stinking marsh instead.

The femme fatale promised him paradise, but she seduced him with a lying mouth and a hidden dagger, leaving his body in the waters of the forgotten marsh.

The beautiful nymph in the water will seduce you with her enchanting mouth, luring you into the deadly marsh where sharp reeds like daggers will trap you.

Dictionary

Common Words

NounFreq #6050
1

marsh; swamp; wetland; bog; pond

Examples
そのにはサギがたくさん住んでいる。
Lots of herons live in the marsh.
2

Slang; Noun, used as a suffix

obsession; addiction; being hooked on; getting sucked into

3

Internet slang

ugly man

4

Internet slang; Derogatory

retard; mentally disabled person

泥沼ドロ沼ろぬま (泥沼)ドロぬま (ドロ沼)いしょう (泥沼)NounFreq #16006
1

bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass

Examples
私たちは書類事務の泥沼に陥っていた。
We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
2

どろぬま/ドロぬま only

quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

沼地まちょうちNounFreq #27456
1

marshland; wetland; swampland

Examples
沼地に建物は建てられない。
Swampy land is no use for building purposes.
沼田またぬまだNounFreq #42967
1

deep-mud paddy

泥沼化どろぬまかNoun~する VerbFreq #57629
1

bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

湖沼しょうNounFreq #70044
1

lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters

沼沢ょうたくNounFreq #97742
1

marsh; swamp; bog

沼沢地しょうたくちNounFreq #113434
1

wetland; marshland

沼気ょうきNounFreq #140377
1

marsh gas; methane

まがえる沼蛙ヌマガエルNounUsually kanaFreq #155196
1

Asian grass frog (Fejervarya limnocharis); Indian rice frog; cricket frog

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