水

rainfall; precipitation

scenic beauty

saving water; water conservation; economizing on water

sea level

takeoff from water

water retention

Proverb

kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish

substandard; low-level

Idiomatic expression

quick bath; hurried bath

Proverb

blood is thicker than water

flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

sprinkling (water); watering (plants)

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

oral rehydration solution

water given to a dying person

Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)

water truck

pond water; pond

any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)

irrigation

Chemistry

deuterium; heavy hydrogen

dehydration

inundation above floor level

Abbreviation

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF